Yep. It's a myth. Multi-tasking doesn't actually work for humans. Our brains can't do more than one novel or creative thing at the same time. So why to we persist in trying to do the impossible. Why do we continue to have multiple projects at the same time? Have multiple stories worked on by the same person at once? Bounce from meeting to meeting? Maybe people just don't understand the full cost of context switching. Through activities and discussions I'll work to convince any doubters that multi-tasking is evil, but also explore tangible approaches to avoid it.

Over the last 17 years, I've been striving to guide teams and organizations in mindsets and behaviors. I've had the opportunity to work with both front-line workers as well as senior executives across small startups and multi-national organizations. My specific passion is creating human-centered organizations, leveraging my experience in both Lean and Agile. ​As part of the transformation initiatives that I lead, I regularly provide training, coaching and workshop facilitation on topics like: vision/mission definition, organizational design, teamwork, product design workshops, Lean/Agile training, team and leadership coaching. This talk will leverage my experience to help attendees recognize the dangers of multi-tasking and choose a better way.