In Search of Lost Focus

By: The Economist Intelligence Unit
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  • Summary

  • Focused attention is one of the key components of a knowledge-driven economy. Amid the upheaval wrought by the covid-19 pandemic, the role of focus in the modern working world has also taken on renewed importance. In this podcast series, we will speak with experts to discuss the role of focus in the workplace and the importance of finding ways to enhance it.

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Episodes
  • Tactics, tools and technologies

    Tactics, tools and technologies
    Dec 16 2020
    The role of technology in life and work has grown immensely in the midst of the pandemic. In our final episode, we speak with Dr Gloria Mark, professor of informatics at the University of California, about the strategies that people can take to remain focused and try to increase attention spans that are coming under strain in this new environment.

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    31 mins
  • Boundaries and expectations

    Boundaries and expectations
    Dec 1 2020
    Who has a bigger role in building focus and shaping focus? Is it the company and its leadership, or is it each of the individual knowledge workers? In this episode, we speak with the author, speaker and entrepreneur, Darious Foroux, about steps individual knowledge workers can take to build focus for themselves.

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    42 mins
  • Structure, balance and flexibility

    Structure, balance and flexibility
    Oct 28 2020
    Focused attention is essential not only for creativity, problem-solving and productivity, but also health, happiness and overall well-being. As knowledge workers left their office spaces and shifted to working from home, we have learned a great deal about the importance of focus and what is lost when it is missing. In this discussion, we speak with Dr Megan Jones Bell, chief strategy and science officer at Headspace, about what the covid-19 pandemic has meant for the way we think about protecting and building focus, both now and in the future.

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    36 mins

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