It seems we’re all checking our phones constantly these days. But all that time spent on our phones leaves little time for anything else. We need time to think in order to come up with novel solutions ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. Between constant interruptions, shifting priorities and ...

Strategies to reduce interruptions, organise your space, manage devices, and plan time blocks for better focus at work.

The current research update from the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard reports that work distraction is often more costly to employers than sick days, and discusses how individual job-crafting and ...

My mind is racing. It often is. I'm thinking about what I'm doing, what I need to do, what I've just done, and what I said ten years ago in a conversation no-one else remembers - and it's all ...

Combinations of tools like Presence and training can go a long way to reducing the wasted time and lost productivity due to digital distractions. Getting work done with all the communications ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a world defined by an epidemic of distraction, the most focused leaders are creating momentum, one deliberate choice at a time, against a rising tide of noise and interruption. Every alert, every ...

An estimated 4.4% of U.S. adults have ADHD, yet many experience undiagnosed symptoms that manifest as chronic work distractions, such as difficulty sustaining attention on tasks. Recent studies ...

Workers are looking for fewer distractions during focused tasks and private calls. Explore how quiet work zones are becoming part of modern productivity.