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Wednesday, 14 March 2007

Multitasking is a way to avoid prioritisation

Posted by Simon Baker

Jack Vinson on the pernicious thinking behind multitasking :

Multitasking is an implicit means to avoid conflicts around setting priorities.
Johanna Rothman comments:
Management, especially senior management is unwilling to make the hard decisions about what’s most important to do.


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