Interrupts
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
I check the email once in a while (say 1 hour). I don't have phone calls at all, usually. Other than that, I am interrupted once or twice a day for irrelevant or useless things I should do.
If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
Most of my interruptions are caused by other people's phone and Skype calls. Open-plan offices suck mightily, but it's a fine line between being quiet and being isolated from cow-orkers.
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
I take my laptop and go work somewhere there isn't wireless (easy to do around here) and turn the cell phone off. :) Marc
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Most of my interruptions are caused by other people's phone and Skype calls. Open-plan offices suck mightily, but it's a fine line between being quiet and being isolated from cow-orkers.
Steve_Harris wrote:
cow-orkers
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If you truly believe you need to pick a mobile phone that "says something" about your personality, don't bother. You don't have a personality. A mental illness, maybe - but not a personality. - Charlie Brooker My Blog - My Photos - ScrewTurn Wiki
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The Grand Negus wrote:
by an unknown someone who is somewhere else
I completely agree, but all my cow-orkers tend to do this here, so I am the "Ignorator".
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
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:) I wonder how many understand that.
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
Sufficiently few, so that knowing it pays the bill. :-D
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
That's why I love the 'john' in our workplace. No interrupts. :)
Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
When I was a manager I was always overwhelmed with distractions. I would go find an empty conference room to work for a couple of hours. Thankfully at my current job I am pretty much left alone. When I work with new people I ask for them to put everything into an email, as my 5-second attention span means I will forget most of what we discuss over the phone. (This was especially hard when I was a manager. My mantra was, 'If it wasn't in an email, it DIDN'T HAPPEN.') I have my Outlook to show the first couple lines of the email in a pop-up so I know if I need to read it right away. I don't get interrupted much, but I do get distracted from the Chatty Cathys.
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Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:
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:laugh: The interrupt falls into oblivion. "Who said that? Never mind, forget about it!"
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
Well, I usually pull out my Colt 1991A1, chamber a round, and the "interruption" usually goes away quietly. Rarely do I ever have to point it at said "interruption". :laugh: P.S. Before someone get's knocked off their rocker by this - I'M JOKING!
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How easy do you respond to "interrupts" at your workplace ? I used to take all phone calls and instantly read all mails as soon as I got them. Now after a few years of work, I have changed my habit and try and select interrupt sources. I disabled all eMail notifications, and read them when I have time to. I first check who calls me before going to the phone, and have no remorse ignoring someone's call if I am with someone discussing at my desk or in the middle of doing something that requires concentration (I work in an open-space room with few dozens of people).
Constantly "Saving the day" should be taken as a sign of organizational dysfunction rather than individual skill - Ryan Roberts[^]
I despise interruptions, especially when they have little to do with my current task. A study done many years ago - by Harvard School of Business, IIRC - showed that every interruption, however brief, costs 20 minutes of productive effort. This applied only to creative, mentally intense jobs, of course, not factory robots. Apparently (and intuitively obvious in retrospect) the interruption disrupts the thought flow, and it requires about 20 minutes to recover. So if you're in an office that allows random drop-ins to the cubicle, or have a boss that likes to hold impromptu meetings in the hall, it's very easy to end the day having worked hard and accomplished nothing. That's got to rank high on anyone's list of frustrations.
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Completely agree with you - doing that just seems so disrespectful to the person who's actually with you.