Ouch! Email and Productivity…

by Todd on November 4, 2009

Looking to become more productive?

“Yet another reason to shut down your email client (or close your Gmail tab) and process messages in batches: a study shows that it takes an average of 64 seconds to recover your train of thought after interruption by email. That’s more than a minute per email, and could easily add up to hours over a given workweek for those of you with particularly active inboxes. ” Source: Email: Single Email Interruption Recovery Time Over a Minute

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