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Multitasking Pitfalls

Coaching Tip

We schedule appointments when caught in traffic and text friends while standing in line at the bank. The ability to keep information organized in the brain. We scan the Internet while talking on the phone , then get interrupted by call waiting. The myth that multitasking works has never been stronger.

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Cascades: 6 Principles for Creating Transformational Change

Leading Blog

As Niall Ferguson observed in The Square and the Tower , “Often the biggest changes in history are the achievements of thinly documented, informally organized groups of people.”. In the early days, many of IBM’s customers were banks, so IBM’s salespeople dressed to reflect their customers.