It turns out that there may be too much communication, and it really gets in the way of work. The constant stream of email threads, messages, pop-up his reminders, video conferences, and other always-on communications keeps the modern worker on his knees.
Microsoft’s latest Work trend reportThe book, published in May, calls the phenomenon “digital debt.” So if you have more notifications and digital interactions than you can keep up with, you have a digital debt.
Why digital debt is harmful
We already know that relying on and being exposed to technology comes at a price. In 2017, researchers found that: Relationship between smartphone notifications and brain chemistry. The study showed that smartphone-addicted teens were much more likely to be depressed, anxious, or impulsive.
Six years later, things are still not getting better. In fact, our digital dependency is getting worse. Being on the grid all the time, even as an adult, puts you on high alert and creates a sense of urgency and pressure to respond in some way.
productivity, messed up
Digital debt taxes productivity. Because when a digital manager does all this, it cuts off the flow state needed to actually get the job done. Busy work is taken over. And hmm! Productivity disappears into the ever-present cloud of notifications, follow-ups, flags, threads, reminders, and pings.
What about creativity and innovation? forget it. The handling of tools that were supposed to help us deepest time depression at the time.
So what can you do?
The well-intentioned notion of a “digital detox” exists for a reason, but it often fails because the more diligent you are, the less likely you are to turn off or mute your notifications.
For this reason, remote work practices due to the pandemic have left millions of employees working unpaid and late hours as people find themselves confusing family time with work time. A self-imposed digital detox is as effective as one’s willpower or as one’s ambition.
However, there is also a way to take advantage of the digital clutter itself. Setting email and messaging filters, carefully managing notification settings across all platforms, he can block part of the day just to pay off some of his digital debt.
You can always use filters in your emails to avoid receiving a flood of notifications throughout the day. / © Next Pit
AI in shining armor
The bitter irony of all this is most promising superhero It is artificial intelligence that fights our digital burden. Too much technology? Throw more technology into the problem.
But this time it might be a little different.Microsoft’s co-pilot bot has been updated to leverage AI for traditional secretaries to summarize long email threads or draft longer messages. It also uses scanning technology to fetch files so you don’t have to search through folders to find the information you need.
Thanks to advances in AI, intelligent assistants are getting smarter and workflow automation tools are taking over busy, low-value, and repetitive tasks.
AI-powered email management tools boomerang and SunboxMeanwhile, it helps employees prioritize important communications.
According to Microsoft, 49% of people say they’re worried AI will replace their jobs, but 70% say they’re doing as much work as possible to reduce their workload. They say they will leave it to AI. Sure, some of us might see AI as a grim reaper, but more people than that seem excited that it can help us bounce back from the brink of burnout.
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This article was written by Dara Flynn.
