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 ...

What do a constant flood of emails, unnecessary meetings and chatty co-workers all have in common? They are some of the top distractions at work. While many interruptions involve technology like ...

When you consider that distractions can happen multiple times in a day, the amount of time wasted on distractions at work could run into hours. The good news is that there are a few things you can do ...

All it takes is a few seconds for a life to change when you’re behind the wheel of a vehicle. Reaching for an object on the passenger's side and taking your eyes off the road can have severe ...

Workers across various industries–from mail carriers to emergency medical technicians to drivers of buses, trucks, taxis and rideshares to construction workers–to name a few, spend part or all of ...

Blame it on the heatwave, bank holiday anticipation or the summer slowdown but the fact is it’s not always easy to concentrate at work. You might find yourself distracted and even a little demotivated ...

OSHA and the National Safety Council (NSC) are joining forces to spotlight the dangers of distracted driving at an upcoming panel discussion titled "Roadway Safety is Workplace Safety: The Need to ...

Since the pandemic, a growing number of companies have turned to employee monitoring software to track productivity. But they're missing the real culprit behind missed deadlines or lagging sales, ...

Our minds are simply not designed follow multiple trains of thought simultaneously, and so task switching comes at immediate, and lasting, time and productivity costs. The solution is to prepare for ...

In a world built to capture our attention, constant distraction does more than hurt productivity—it quietly erodes self-knowledge.