• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

This view of service management...

On the origin and the descent of managing services. We put meat on the bones.

  • Kanban Software
  • Services
    • Kanban Software Solutions
    • Consulting & Coaching
    • Training and Seminars
  • Posts
  • Events
    • Events – Agenda View
    • Events – Calendar View
  • Publications
    • Our Publications
    • Notable Publications
    • Quotes
  • About us

neuroscience

Multitasking, kanban & neuroscience

25 June 2017 by Robert Falkowitz 1 Comment

Schematic of cortical areas involved with pain processing and fMRI

A key assumption underpinning kanban is that context switching in work performed by people—the inevitable by-product of multitasking—leads to considerable waste. When individuals perform knowledge work, the impact of context switching resolves, in part, into the question of whether the human brain can multitask efficiently. Therefore, it is useful to understand the neurological basis for […]

Filed Under: Kanban Tagged With: cognition, context switching, monotasking, multitasking, neuroscience

Primary Sidebar

Kanban eLearning

Kanban training online

Recent Posts

  • Verbs, nouns and kanban board structure
  • The role of the problem manager
  • The Three Indicators

Tag Cloud

lean management tools problem impact kanban training priority Cost of Delay service manager incident service management tools flow efficiency process metrics ITIL resource liquidity histogram Incident Management incident management tools process definition kanban board manifesto leadership automation risk lean flow service request bias waste kanban change management cause agile rigidity context switching manifesto for software development knowledge work knowledge management process ITSM value stream
  • Kanban Software
  • Services
  • Posts
  • Events
  • Publications
  • Subscribe
  • Rights & Duties
  • Personal Data

© 2014–2023 Concentric Circle Consulting · All Rights Reserved.
Concentric Circle Consulting Address
Log in

Manage Cookie Consent
We use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}