Stat attack gives you the facts, figures, numbers and survey results you need to keep on top of developments and changes in sentiment in the HR and L&D industries, all in an easy to digest format. It’s your regular dose of facts and figures, parcelled up for easy reading.

Context:

These statistics are from research from workplace equipment manufacturer Steelcase on effectiveness at work and the things that stop employees from remaining effective.

Key findings:

• Multitasking can increase the error rates made by employees by 50%

Other related findings:

• The brain’s capacity is limited and complete focus isn’t usually possible for longer than 45 minutes.
• Mindfulness has proven to increase gamma activity in the brain, indicating intensely focused thought.
• Movement – as opposed to static sitting – stimulates production of the protein BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), which helps brain areas vital to learning, memory and concept thinking.

Key questions to ask yourself:

• Are you facilitating employees to ‘chunk’ their time and avoid doing too many things at once?
• Do your employees understand how simple changes can affect focus
• Is your workplace open plan in order to ‘encourage collaboration?’ If so, have you thought about how distractions can affect peoples’ focus?