Tasks and Multitasking
For a good while there “multitask” was the word. I don’t exactly know where whence it sprang, but my managers seized upon it quickly and with great fervor.
They weren’t asking me to do more work, I just needed to ‘multitask.’ (It was more work.)
It’s since lost some of its initial luster, and I think we’ve all taken it for granted as pretty much how things get done nowadays, but I remember its inception, and the above cartoon is how I felt after being introduced to it.
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Mark Anderson's cartoons appear in publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. His business cartoons are available for licensing at his website, Andertoons.com.
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Thanks for this – it’s always good to start the day with a laugh. Some days though, I still feel like that …
I thought that women were experts on multitasking!
Perfect. I used to do a lot better at it.
Darn technology.
I wish I had more time to h
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