Comments on: Interruptions destroy productivity http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: technology car dealer gadgets http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-67541 technology car dealer gadgets Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:56:31 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-67541 perform you use a twitter perform you use a twitter

]]> By: Mike Foster http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-24332 Mike Foster Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:21:33 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-24332 Thank you Donna. I hear Jana saying she could have done an even more amazing job if she didn't have all the interruptions. Do you face lots of interruptions too? Thank you Donna. I hear Jana saying she could have done an even more amazing job if she didn’t have all the interruptions. Do you face lots of interruptions too?

]]> By: Donna G. http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-24286 Donna G. Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:27:37 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-24286 Hi Jana ~ From Donna, fellow teacher in Saudi Arabia! Yes, you did a great job balancing 2 positions at the school: third grade teacher, and stand-in principal. You smiled and told jokes under pressure. I hope you are the full time principal next year. Hi Jana ~ From Donna, fellow teacher in Saudi Arabia!

Yes, you did a great job balancing 2 positions at the school: third grade teacher, and stand-in principal. You smiled and told jokes under pressure. I hope you are the full time principal next year.

]]> By: Mike Foster http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-23652 Mike Foster Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:10:48 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-23652 Wow, Jana - thank you for your feedback. Interruptions interfere with principles, teachers, doctors, IT professionals, business executives - I wonder if anyone is excluded? You mention the culture in Saudi Arabia - I wonder if there have ever been any studies about how cultural norms about interruptions affect a nation's financial success, crime rates, and other factors? Wow, Jana – thank you for your feedback. Interruptions interfere with principles, teachers, doctors, IT professionals, business executives – I wonder if anyone is excluded? You mention the culture in Saudi Arabia – I wonder if there have ever been any studies about how cultural norms about interruptions affect a nation’s financial success, crime rates, and other factors?

]]> By: Jana Hunter http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-23607 Jana Hunter Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:17:38 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-23607 You don't know the HALF of what interruptions are like! Try living and working in Saudi Arabia! I am a teacher and at present also doing the job of "acting principal". Every time I am called to a "meeting" with the "boss" I spend TWO hours on things that should have only taken 20 minutes! These men don't seem to mind when one after another person comes into their office with things they are to read and sign. Then there are their phones. Cell and desk. Sometimes they are on them both at the same time! And there I sit, waiting! It is the most rude behavior I have ever seen. On top of that, I am constantly interrupted from teaching my students with one problem after another that needs the "principal's" attention. Having experienced interruptions to the 1000th degree, you can BET that I will think twice before I interrupt anyone else! You don’t know the HALF of what interruptions are like! Try living and working in Saudi Arabia! I am a teacher and at present also doing the job of “acting principal”. Every time I am called to a “meeting” with the “boss” I spend TWO hours on things that should have only taken 20 minutes! These men don’t seem to mind when one after another person comes into their office with things they are to read and sign. Then there are their phones. Cell and desk. Sometimes they are on them both at the same time! And there I sit, waiting! It is the most rude behavior I have ever seen. On top of that, I am constantly interrupted from teaching my students with one problem after another that needs the “principal’s” attention. Having experienced interruptions to the 1000th degree, you can BET that I will think twice before I interrupt anyone else!

]]> By: Mike Foster http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-23577 Mike Foster Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-23577 Thank you Karen! I found the link to the article you mentioned here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html Some organizations allow their IT professionals to "work from home" one day a week and that helps - I know you are familiar with that one. And you are right - it is a challenge. Thank you for your feedback and added value! Thank you Karen! I found the link to the article you mentioned here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/07/technology/07brain.html
Some organizations allow their IT professionals to “work from home” one day a week and that helps – I know you are familiar with that one. And you are right – it is a challenge. Thank you for your feedback and added value!

]]> By: Karen http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/interruptions/#comment-23570 Karen Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:34:42 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=521#comment-23570 Mike: Last Monday's NY Times had a fantastic article called Hooked on Gadgets about multi-tasking and how we all think we're great at it and really we aren't. I agree with your ideas on uninterrupted time, but I think it's made even more difficult when IT people are serving many roles in a small organization AND often in a cubicle environment. Great article Mike! Mike: Last Monday’s NY Times had a fantastic article called Hooked on Gadgets about multi-tasking and how we all think we’re great at it and really we aren’t. I agree with your ideas on uninterrupted time, but I think it’s made even more difficult when IT people are serving many roles in a small organization AND often in a cubicle environment. Great article Mike!

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