A friend of mine was excitedly discussing her job with a high-tech firm. "Our meetings are so great and vibrant. While the sessions are going on, we are all on our computers multi-tasking. It's so efficient!"
Well, no. There's a lot of evidence that constant interruptions do not improve efficiency and that they also impair quality. Here's a recent example, published in Human Factors. It focused solely on interruptions during the course of writing and concluded:
Our research suggests that interruptions negatively impact quality of work during a complex, creative writing task.
Well, no. There's a lot of evidence that constant interruptions do not improve efficiency and that they also impair quality. Here's a recent example, published in Human Factors. It focused solely on interruptions during the course of writing and concluded:
Our research suggests that interruptions negatively impact quality of work during a complex, creative writing task.
