Comments on: The High Cost of Interruptions http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/ A blog about Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Learning, Social Computing and Work/Life Balance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:56:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » A World Without Email — Year 3, Weeks 19 to 23 (Breaking the Email Addiction) http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/comment-page-1/#comment-1223811 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez » A World Without Email — Year 3, Weeks 19 to 23 (Breaking the Email Addiction) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:18:06 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/#comment-1223811 [...] I can certainly recommend folks have a read at Tony’s HBR piece, as I am sure that plenty of the tips he shares on breaking our email addiction could also be applied to taming that very same addiction leaning towards social networking. To me, eventually, it is all down to how we manage our interruptions; basically, how we train ourselves to focus our attention on what we really need to do, using the proper collaborative,  knowledge sharing or social software tools. Or, as I shared on another blog post over four years ago: "We create our own distractions and just need to learn to manage them". [...] [...] I can certainly recommend folks have a read at Tony’s HBR piece, as I am sure that plenty of the tips he shares on breaking our email addiction could also be applied to taming that very same addiction leaning towards social networking. To me, eventually, it is all down to how we manage our interruptions; basically, how we train ourselves to focus our attention on what we really need to do, using the proper collaborative,  knowledge sharing or social software tools. Or, as I shared on another blog post over four years ago: "We create our own distractions and just need to learn to manage them". [...]

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » So Close, Yet So Far - About the Impact of Technology in Our Daily Interactions http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/comment-page-1/#comment-30912 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » So Close, Yet So Far - About the Impact of Technology in Our Daily Interactions Mon, 06 Nov 2006 13:49:43 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/#comment-30912 [...] However, the key message I got from Thomas’ article is that, contrary to what he seems to state, I do not necessarily feel that is a bad thing, actually. Yes, I can imagine when situations like that could be rather annoying as they facilitate providing a strong sense of ignoring those around you, but at the same time there are times when you are actually much better on your own and technology may be providing you with the perfect excuse for it. The key message to me though is to find a balance, because like I have quoted a few months back: "We create our own distractions and just need to learn to manage them". [...] [...] However, the key message I got from Thomas’ article is that, contrary to what he seems to state, I do not necessarily feel that is a bad thing, actually. Yes, I can imagine when situations like that could be rather annoying as they facilitate providing a strong sense of ignoring those around you, but at the same time there are times when you are actually much better on your own and technology may be providing you with the perfect excuse for it. The key message to me though is to find a balance, because like I have quoted a few months back: "We create our own distractions and just need to learn to manage them". [...]

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]]> By: Traction® Software Inc | Blog http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 Traction® Software Inc | Blog Mon, 08 May 2006 23:07:44 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/#comment-2682 <strong>National Archives Conference on Blogs and Wikis - and My Most Productive Hour...</strong> The talk reminded me of Jonathan Spira's line of reasoning about the high cost of interruptions (I'll spare the details, the cost is A LOT of time and therefore money) and the response from Luis Suarez. Suarez quotes a colleague "We create our own d... National Archives Conference on Blogs and Wikis – and My Most Productive Hour…

The talk reminded me of Jonathan Spira’s line of reasoning about the high cost of interruptions (I’ll spare the details, the cost is A LOT of time and therefore money) and the response from Luis Suarez. Suarez quotes a colleague “We create our own d…

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » “Interruptiveâ€? Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/comment-page-1/#comment-418 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » “Interruptiveâ€? Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:50:03 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/#comment-418 [...] Some time ago I created a weblog post here in elsua around the topic of The High Cost of Interruptions where I mentioned how despite the fact that interruptions may be considered a negative thing, which is what has happened for quite some time now, they can actually be quite productive on their own if managed well and in a timely manner. Indeed, they can be one of the most powerful enablers to help increase the social capital from a given team / community. Along those same lines of discussion I have bumped into a news article that I have been wanting to comment as well on for quite some time now. The article itself is titled: “Interruptiveâ€? Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex. [...] [...] Some time ago I created a weblog post here in elsua around the topic of The High Cost of Interruptions where I mentioned how despite the fact that interruptions may be considered a negative thing, which is what has happened for quite some time now, they can actually be quite productive on their own if managed well and in a timely manner. Indeed, they can be one of the most powerful enablers to help increase the social capital from a given team / community. Along those same lines of discussion I have bumped into a news article that I have been wanting to comment as well on for quite some time now. The article itself is titled: “Interruptiveâ€? Technologies Draining Knowledge Worker Productivity, Says Basex. [...]

]]> By: elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/comment-page-1/#comment-394 elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:04:35 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/31/the-high-cost-of-interruptions/#comment-394 <strong>Workforce Insights: Telecommuting: Why Managing People You Can’t See Is Visionary...</strong> One of my IBM colleagues (Ed Brill) just created a weblog post a few hours ago that I thought people would find it quite an interesting read, specially the web link that it references. The weblog post is titled Workforce...... Workforce Insights: Telecommuting: Why Managing People You Can’t See Is Visionary…

One of my IBM colleagues (Ed Brill) just created a weblog post a few hours ago that I thought people would find it quite an interesting read, specially the web link that it references. The weblog post is titled Workforce……

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