Increasing efficiency at work

In early April, a new law in France banned the organizations from sending mails to their employees after 6 p.m. according to The Economist, it was not a law at all but a labor agreement aimed at improving health among a specific group of professionals. This workload at bed is not being busy but ineffective also. Facebook and Twitter report that their sites are most active during office hours. And research shows that these digital derailments are costly: it’s not only the minutes lost responding to a tweet but also the time and energy required to “reenter” the original task. This is not multitasking but multiswitching which gives extra pressure on us. The great tech historian Melvin Kranzberg said, “technology is neither good nor bad, nor is it neutral.” Instead of falling prey to ambient work or play we should decide our different levels of tech engagements at alternate times and maximize productivity, efficiency and success. Read more at: http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/08/if-youre-always-working-youre-never-working-well/