Showing posts with label productivity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label productivity. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Can conflict be a good thing?
Absolutely...conflict is essential to productivity. A sailboat cannot sail without some type of resistance. If there is fear of conflict, the organization or family is dysfunctional.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Is multi-tasking good or bad?
What about driving and talking on the cell phone? What about answering email while on a Webex meeting? What about using Blackberries at a dinner table? What about…?
Does this increase productivity levels? Can we train ourselves to be better at it?
There is something called cognitive reorientation cost. It was quoted in a CIO magazine article in 2007. Too much multi-tasking is bad. Every time your mind has to switch from one subject to another, there is a transition cost (reorientation cost) that hurts a family or an organization. The more multi-tasking, the more cost. Of course, some multi-tasking is necessary, but we do too much of it.
Does this increase productivity levels? Can we train ourselves to be better at it?
There is something called cognitive reorientation cost. It was quoted in a CIO magazine article in 2007. Too much multi-tasking is bad. Every time your mind has to switch from one subject to another, there is a transition cost (reorientation cost) that hurts a family or an organization. The more multi-tasking, the more cost. Of course, some multi-tasking is necessary, but we do too much of it.
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