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3 MINUTES 3 MINUTES How frequently the average office worker is interrupted or distracted UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE 23 MINUTES 23 MINUTES How long it takes to return to a task after being interrupted UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE 204


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How frequently the average office worker is interrupted or distracted

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23 MINUTES

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How long it takes to return to a task after being interrupted

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204 MILLION

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Emails sent per second

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204 MILLION

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Average number of windows

  • pen at the same time on a

worker’s computer

TORKEL KLINGBERG

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30

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Average number of times per hour an office worker checks his or her email inbox

NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION

30

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221

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How often the average smartphone user in the UK checks his or her phone every day

TECHMARK

221

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4.9 BILLION

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Connected devices in use in 2015

GARTNER

4.9 BILLION

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200%

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Increase in average time spent

  • n mobile devices since 2012
GLOBALWEBINDEX
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49%

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Workers who can’t choose where to work depending on the task

STEELCASE WELLBEING SURVEY GLOBAL AVERAGE, 17 COUNTRIES

49%

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Think Better Neuroscience: The Next Competitive Advantage

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Attention is a scarce resource.

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Too much information is resulting in an “epidemic of overwhelm.”

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Emails sent per second

MASHABLE

204 MILLION

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Connected devices in use in 2015

GARTNER

4.9 BILLION

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200%

Increase in average time spent

  • n mobile devices since 2012
GLOBALWEBINDEX
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Intensification of work

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We’re experiencing more distractions More often. We are experiencing more distractions, more often.

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How frequently the average office worker is interrupted or distracted

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How long it takes to return to a task after being interrupted

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Humans are hardwired to be distracted.

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Workplaces and schools are not helping.

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What neuroscience is teaching us

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Understanding attention

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Understanding attention

Controlled attention is our capacity to intentionally and willfully direct our minds to a specific item or task.

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Understanding attention

Stimulus-driven attention is an involuntary attraction to any external or internal lure.

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Our brains at work

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  • 1. Brains get tired
OUR BRAINS AT WORK
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The brain comprises merely 2% of the body’s weight, but consumes more than 20% of the daily caloric intake of energy—more than any

  • ther organ in the human body.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE OUR BRAINS AT WORK
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  • 2. Multitasking attention

is inefficient

OUR BRAINS AT WORK
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Research shows that multitasking increases your error rate by 50%.

JOHN MEDINA OUR BRAINS AT WORK
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Change focus ten times an hour, and your productive thinking time is only a fraction of what’s possible.”

DAVID ROCK

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Being fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement and enjoyment in the process of the activity.

OUR BRAINS AT WORK

Flow

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  • 3. Mindfulness

trains the brain

OUR BRAINS AT WORK
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Meditation can actually change the structure

  • f your brain, which impacts self-awareness,

perception and cognitive functioning.” “

OUR BRAINS AT WORK RICHARD DAVIDSON
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Engaging in mindfulness means that we are practicing our ability to recognize when our minds have wandered and gaining ability to redirect our attention. The more we practice this, the better we get at it.”

BEATRIZ ARANTES, SENIOR RESEARCHER, STEELCASE

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The workplace and schools can be designed to mitigate distractions and prime us to better manage our attention.” “

OUR BRAINS AT WORK JOHN MEDINA
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Respecting brain modes

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Steelcase researchers and designers have identified three brain modes that each require distinct behaviors and settings.

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Focus

RESPECTING BRAIN MODES

Brain modes

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Focus Regenerate and inspire

RESPECTING BRAIN MODES

Brain modes

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Focus Regenerate and inspire Activate

RESPECTING BRAIN MODES

Brain modes

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SLIDE 51 When we need to deeply focus
  • n something, it is important to
avoid unwelcome distractions. RESPECTING BRAIN MODES

Focus

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Regenerate and inspire

When overwhelmed minds need a break, regenerative activities strengthen brain functioning.
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Activate

When we need to boost
  • ur attention, movement
pumps oxygen and fresh blood through our brain and triggers enhancing hormones.
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Movement engages the brain.

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Respecting the rhythms of our brain

RESPECTING BRAIN MODES Focus Regeneration and inspiration Activation Taking a moment / plan the day Serendipitous encounter / coffee + food Brainstorm session Project review Lunch Taking a moment / personal phone call Thinking work Taking a moment / movement Building & developing relationships
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Design to support attention

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No single solution for everyone, all the time

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Ecosystem

  • f interconnected and

interdependent spaces that support the physical, cognitive and emotional needs of people.

DESIGN TO SUPPORT ATTENTION
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Choice + Control

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Posture

DESIGN TO SUPPORT ATTENTION

Palette of place

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Posture Presence

DESIGN TO SUPPORT ATTENTION

Palette of place

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Posture Presence Privacy

DESIGN TO SUPPORT ATTENTION

Palette of place

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Thoughtstarters

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Focus

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Focus

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Regeneration and inspiration

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Regeneration and inspiration

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Regeneration and inspiration

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Activation

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Activation

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Activation

THOUGHTSTARTERS
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Neuroscience provides a new lens through which we can understand cognitive wellbeing and optimize performance.

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