on a spreadsheet and a co-worker pops into your office to discuss a
business problem, the relative complexity of those tasks makes it
impossible to easily jump back and forth. It always takes some time
to start a new task and restart the one you quit, and there’s no
guarantee that you’ll ever pick up exactly where you left off. There is
a price for this. “The cost in terms of extra time from having to task
switch depends on how complex or simple the tasks are,” reports
researcher Dr. David Meyer. “It can range from time increases of 25
percent or less for simple tasks to well over 100 percent or more for
very complicated tasks.” Task switching exacts a cost few realize
they’re even paying.
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