Why Is It So Hard to Do My Work? The Challenge of Attention Residue When Switching Between Work Tasks¶
Leroy, S. (2009). Why Is It So Hard to Do My Work? The Challenge of Attention Residue When Switching Between Work Tasks. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 109(2), 168-181.
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- Focus Block Schedule
- Its strength is that it makes concentration the default rather than a heroic act, and it directly attacks the hidden tax of task-switching: attention lingers on the previous task after each interruption, degrading the next stretch of work.
This sourceFinds that thoughts persist after a task switch and impair subsequent-task performance.
- Its strength is that it makes concentration the default rather than a heroic act, and it directly attacks the hidden tax of task-switching: attention lingers on the previous task after each interruption, degrading the next stretch of work.
- Interference-Shielding Protocol
- It is the operational form of guarding against attention residue, the carryover in which switching to a demanding task leaves part of the mind still occupied and degrades performance on what came next.
This sourceFinds that thoughts about a prior task can persist after switching and impair performance on the subsequent task.
- It is the operational form of guarding against attention residue, the carryover in which switching to a demanding task leaves part of the mind still occupied and degrades performance on what came next.
- Project Portfolio Limit
- It protects the one resource an org cannot hire more of overnight — the attention of its decision-makers — which matters because organizational multitasking carries a real switching cost
This sourceShows that switching from an unfinished task leaves attention residue that impairs performance on the subsequent task.
- It protects the one resource an org cannot hire more of overnight — the attention of its decision-makers — which matters because organizational multitasking carries a real switching cost
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