Since the pandemic, a growing number of companies have turned to employee monitoring software to track productivity. But they're missing the real culprit behind missed deadlines or lagging sales, ...

How can I stay focused at work when I’m overwhelmed by other things in life? When there's a lot going on in the world or your personal life it can be hard to concentrate. Here's how to find focus at ...

I’m sitting at my desk, researching an article on how to stay focused at work. As I open up a PubMed study, I realize I have 87 emails in my inbox. Then the buzzer rings — Greatist’s monthly supply of ...

Our minds are simply not designed follow multiple trains of thought simultaneously, and so task switching comes at immediate, and lasting, time and productivity costs. The solution is to prepare for ...

Whether it’s cutting out the noise or getting caffeine into your system faster, these products help you stay locked in. Who doesn’t want a little more quiet in a noisy world? The Bose QuietComfort ...

Positive interventions that distract us from difficult tasks actually help to reduce our stress levels, according to new research from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and Trinity Business ...

TikTok, Instagram, and Pinterest can be huge distractions at work. Other social content can derail team collaboration. For years, public handwringing about the impact of social media on the minds and ...

Businesses that fear their employees are being sidetracked by watching online video at work now have more to worry about: At the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas this week, ...

We're living in an age of distraction. A survey of 500 office workers in Ireland, carried out by Codex Office Solutions last year, found that our focus is constantly being interrupted. Some 42% ...

If you’re like most people, your phone has become an extra appendage to your body. You compulsively give it a glance any time you get a new message or notification — and sometimes as an unintentional ...