Buried in most job ads is the phrase “Looking for a great multitasker”. Too bad they don’t exist. As humans, we suffer from the problem of dual task interference. When we already doing one thing, a second item causes us to make mistakes with both.
Resource Links:
- Academic Publications on Multi-tasking
- Multitasking Gets You There Later
- Mutltitasking Hurts Performance but Makes You Feel Better
- Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork and the Myth of Total Efficiency
- The Multi-Tasking Myth
- This is What Heavy Multitasking Could Be Doing To Your Brain
- What Multitasking Does to Your Brain
- Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work
