The Trouble with Multitasking
COURSE OVERVIEW
This module sheds light on some rather common mistakes and faulty thinking that lead to multi-tasking. In this presentation you’ll demonstrate quick and powerful object lessons to illustrate the mental drag of context switching and its cost to productivity.
KEY CONCEPTS
To do two things at once is to do neither (Syrus)
It’s easy to confuse being busy with being productive
The culprit: faulty thinking
Demonstration of fast and slow thinking (object lesson)
The cost of context switching
What’s really happening
Tools for mono-tasking
Understand the barriers to switching tasks
Recognize multi-tasking feels like productivity
Identify, eliminate, & manage distractions
Learn to filter priorities
Focused time allocation
Helpful responses to the unexpected
Group discussion on ways to better mono-task
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Understand the cognitive gap associated with context switching
Develop plan to identify, eliminate and/or manage distractions