{"id":36387,"date":"2014-01-31T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/\/multitasking-conference-calls-dilbert-comic\/"},"modified":"2019-03-05T16:56:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T16:56:01","slug":"multitasking-conference-calls-dilbert-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/us\/resource-center\/blog\/multitasking-conference-calls-dilbert-comic\/","title":{"rendered":"More Multitasking on Conference Calls &#8211; According to Dilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Here&#8217;s a little bit of light relief at the end of the working week in the form of a <a title=\"Dilbert comic on multitasking\" href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strips\/comic\/2009-08-03\/\">Dilbert strip<\/a>&nbsp;I spotted, which really made me chuckle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Last week, I wrote a post about this very topic &#8211;&nbsp;<a title=\"Multitasking on conference calls: agree with it or not, here\u2019s how\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/multitasking-conference-calls-agree-heres\/\">multitasking on conference calls<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;which was intended to give some food for thought on how to multitask on calls whilst inflicting the least damage possible on the productivity of the meeting itself. &nbsp;One thing that post did not cover, however, was which side we fall on the trade-off between the engagement that is lost in meetings when multitasking takes place, versus the additional productivity that&#8217;s gained from multitasking for the individual who engages in that activity. &nbsp;It&#8217;s interesting to consider, and we looked at it in more depth when we proposed that <a title=\"Video Conferencing Continues to Struggle: The Overlooked \u2013 and Perhaps Biggest \u2013 Reason Why\" href=\"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/blog\/video-conferencing-continues-struggle-overlooked-perhaps-biggest-reason-why\/\">video conferencing is failing to penetrate the mainstream<\/a> because people like to multitask, but are obviously unable to do so on video calls, and so they shy away from video conferencing (to simplify the argument somewhat). &nbsp;That said, no matter which side we fall on this trade-off, it&#8217;s pretty clear that multitasking is rife, and the genius of this comic lies in showing just how common it is!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What do you think? &nbsp;And do you really think conference calls are a case of others&#8217; inane babbling competing with your own personal productivity? &nbsp;We hope not!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little bit of light relief at the end of the working week in the form of a Dilbert strip&nbsp;I spotted, which really made me chuckle. 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