Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Benjamin Laker is a university professor who writes about leadership We live in a world that glorifies “busyness”. The ability to ...

“We cannot actually multitask,” says Alison Matthey, founder and president of Dynamic Leadership Group. “If you say you’re good at multitasking, erase that from your resume. You are not good at it ...

Multitasking is a good thing, right? After all, the very term suggests accomplishing at least two tasks at the same time, which must be a boon to productivity. Not so, according to the New York Times ...

Like many wired people, you probably take great pride in being a multitasker. You talk on your mobile phone, send e-mail, check the stock market online, and perhaps even read a letter and jot down ...

We live in a world filled with buzzing notifications, tab overload, and constant demands for attention. Multitasking feels like a survival skill-juggling emails during Zoom calls or scrolling through ...

It has been said, "Multi-tasking means screwing everything up simultaneously." Many fire service leaders believe they have mastered the art of multi-tasking and become more effective in every area of ...

The frenzied pursuit of responding to everything leads to multitasking – and the resulting interruptions would have fit neatly into what Ralph Waldo Emerson called “emphatic trifles.” If you’ve heard ...

"Multitasking means screwing up several things at once," somebody once said, wrongly. In fact, we don't do many things at once, ever. We do many things in quick succession. And some of us are very ...

Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking: How 'Doing It All' Gets Nothing Done, among other books will be presenting NAPSA's keynote session Jan. 30 at National Pavement Expo. NAPSA invited ...