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Multitasking: You’re Not as Productive as You Think

KnowledgeCity

Mobile technology enables us to be hyper-connected to the ever-expanding network of social and business worldwide. It enables us to multitask like never before. When we talk about multitasking, we are really talking about attention.” –Christine Rosen, The Myth of Multitasking. Are we really being that productive?

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Your leaders’ brains were not made for this moment

CLO Magazine

workplace environment is putting a strain on our brains and affecting our mental well-being. Our brains were not made for this moment Technology has advanced exponentially over the last few decades, and our brains are getting left behind. Take a look at the nature of work, for example.

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The Learning and Forgetting Curve: How to Make eLearning Memorable

TalentLMS

Multitasking with techno-stimulators: mobile phones, tablets, i-tunes and you get the drift. Visuals and auditory stimulation activates the brain to focus and process these information signals and make sense out of them. When you give your brain a chance to connect new knowledge with the prior experience, learning is “sedimented”.

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The Podcast Renaissance Educators Revolutionizing Audio Learning

HexaLearn

When we tune in, our brains shift gears, making it easy to grasp and remember information. Mastering Multitasking Life gets busy and finding time for focused learning can be tough. That’s where podcasts shine; they let you multitask. It’s multitasking that actually works.

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8 Reasons Why Most Online Corporate Training Fails

KnowledgeAnywhere

You will realize that, while training is in progress, an attendee seated at the back end is busy scrolling up and down on his phone. It is clearly stated that a brain can't multitask. If you try multitasking your brain, your brain will end up blank. Want Training That Actually Works?

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Attention Management: Time Management with a Twist

KnowledgeCity

Sticky notes started appearing on computers, calendars were full of scheduled meetings, and multitasking became the buzzword. Using a few simple tools, such as prioritizing, chunking and brain dumps can get you in better control of where to focus your attention. Multitasking —One fact you should know: multitasking is a myth.

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Five Ways to Use Brain Science to Become a Better Leader

CLO Magazine

It’s an exciting time for brain science. New insights and discoveries about how the brain works are being made every week, and a focus on neural leadership is forging the way. Our brains are predominantly social organs, so we need to bring them some level of socially driven interaction or goal. But the brain needs sleep.

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