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A Barrier to Workplace Productivity Improvement One of the biggest barriers to productivity improvement is the number and length of interruptions that take place daily. Interruptions may include phone calls, interruptions by colleagues or staff, a lost file or tool, and so on. The difficulty with interruptions is that some of them are necessary and some of them are not. Separating them out can be difficult. [VIEW ARTICLE]Comments RSS Feed For This Article: 
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 Peter L Mitchell writes:Subject: The eight minutes Hi This came from an initial time log test that I first conducted four years ago. In one week I spent over 58 hours at my desk and only carried out 13 hours work. The eight minutes has been confirmed by colleagues when they logged their time. If you send me your e-mail address I will give you the instructions on how to set it up and this will really strengthen your case for changes. Regards Peter L Mitchell Comment provided November 6, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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Subject: Source?
Hi Peter,
Do you have a source for the statement: "If we are in a leadership role we get interrupted about every eight minutes."
I wish to use it as part of a paper I am writing to convince management of some changes required. I am happy to attribute the comment to you, but I need to know if it is based on a study.