Have you ever been sitting in a training course, perhaps learning all about the fabulous new vendor management system your organization is implementing, when you felt that familiar buzz in your pocket? A new email has arrived via your smart phone and you just can’t resist responding. But not to worry, you can do that and still listen to the instructor, right? Fast forward a few weeks and you need to bring in a new vendor ASAP, but you just can’t remember how to use that new system. You don’t have any notes on the part that is stumping you. What to do? Too bad there aren’t any tools to help you out.
Most of us think we can multitask to some degree. We think we can read a book and listen to music at the same time, or text while driving (please don’t). We think we can listen to a speaker/lecturer while responding to an email. We think we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
While you might have mastered that last one, study after study has shown that Continue Reading…
