How Our Digital Habits Are Destroying Productivity – Plus 3 Steps To Fix Your 47 Second Attention Span

How Our Digital Habits Are Destroying Productivity – Plus 3 Steps To Fix Your 47 Second Attention Span

Twenty years ago, people could focus on a task for around two and a half minutes before switching to something else. Now, that time averages just 47 seconds. Source: Allwork Attention spans are shrinking – and not just in a vague sense, but in measurable, startling ways. Dr. Gloria Mark, and a leading researcher on attention spans and digital behavior, recently joined the Allwork.Space Future of Work Podcast to explain how impactful this change has been. She has spent over two decades studying how technology affects our focus. Her findings are eye-opening, revealing just how quickly our ability to concentrate has deteriorated in the digital age. This rapid decline in focus is […]

Why you should resist the urge to multitask during Zoom meetings

Why you should resist the urge to multitask during Zoom meetings

It’s so tempting, but it can wreak havoc on your productivity. Here’s how to find your focus instead. And remember…it’s a two way relationship between the presenter and the attendee. Source We’ve all heard that multitasking is bad and switching between activities makes it harder to complete them. But let’s be honest—many of us multitask during Zoom meetings, especially as we enter the 10th month of working remotely and our Zoom fatigue has worsened. But checking email or making a grocery list can have a negative ripple effect you may not realize, says Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking: How “Doing It All” Gets Nothing Done. “Switching between tasks can […]