Make the task as repeatable and familiar as possible to reduce the switching cost of cognitive setup. Think of this as a switching cost.īrain Hack #2: Cognitive Setup. This is when it takes us a while to clear our head and ‘drop in’ to the next project in our queue, regardless of whether we have attention residue or not. Think of this as mental Post It notes so you can easily dive back into open issues, questions, concerns without missing a beat.Īnother side effect of MPW is cognitive setup. Capture your thoughts/insights before temporarily closing out of a project by using whatever note taking software you like. This happens when we ‘carry forward’ thoughts from the prior project into the next one.īrain Hack # 1: Attention Residue. This is where we need to manage attention residue. We often have dependencies and contingencies on projects too, so while we’re waiting on someone else’s deliverable, we task-switch to another project. Recent reports show that 80% of employees engage in MPW (Mortensen & Gardner, and note the citing is from 2017!). Multi-Project Work is the norm in today’s workplace, just as matrixed and/or cross-functional teams are too. Get clear on which projects you can ditch, delegate, defer. Plan your time and timelines to complete some projects before piling on more. So, too few projects prevents you from optimal productivity, yet too many projects diminishes productivity too and can cause mental exhaustion. The net-net is they found a bell curve relationship between multi-project work and productivity. The above-mentioned research tracked over 9,000 employees at a global manufacturing firm across multiple years. Cognitive Tunneling and how to avoid stress blindness.Cognitive Setup and how to reduce ramp up time.And we can extract three essential brain hacks from new research that will help us to become more productive. How many projects can your brain effectively handle at once? Employee Engagement & Culture Diagnostic.Create the Company Culture of Your Dreams.Culture, Leadership, And Executive Coaching.The Neuroscience Of Creating Optimal Teams.The Neuroscience Of Emotional Resilience: Learn To Love Change.The Neuroscience of Influencing Outcomes.The Neuroscience Of Compelling Leadership.
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