While it’s fabulous to have the technology that allows us to connect at a time when we’re required to physically distance and self-isolate, it’s been a challenge to deal with the downside of when it starts to have a detrimental effect on our focus and productivity.

In a recent blog I addressed the reason for our brain fry – the emotional exhaustion of having to deal with the countless changes we’ve had to adapt to rapidly plus the new way of virtual communication. The technology itself isn’t new, what’s changed is how much we are using it, because it comes with a cognitive cost.

Why has distraction become such a big issue? If you've been finding it harder to stay on track, you're not alone. Collectively the workplace is rife with complaints of too many interruptions from phone calls, people, meetings, our own thoughts, and of course our...