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As winter was slowly setting in, I came across the phrase Information Age while scouring through the internet at blistering speeds using a dial-up connection with speeds less than 56kbps, while conducting research for my dissertation in architecture school in 2001. My friend and I used to spend nights surfing the internet in his father’s office, as that was the only place from where we could access it back then. I was impressed with the amount of information that I could access and the fact that I was able to read current information from across the globe. Within the next few years, I realised that we had passed very rapidly on to what I liked to call the Information Overload Age , even as data connected mobile phones were still a novelty in India. It did not take long for me to be impacted by the unrelenting, and ever-increasing flood of information. It took a toll on me and in 2010, I remember removing email accounts from my phone in an attempt to stay sane. Over the years, I have le...

We live an always-on, information-overloaded life and the disconnect brought about by the working-from-home lifestyle has exacerbated the issue of a blurred boundary between personal and professional identities. This has led to heightened distraction and lowered productivity, compounded by a constant pull from multiple emails, messages, notifications, devices, etc and, the real or perceived expectation of instant responses. Whilst the author talks about their unique approach to tackling the issue and may not be applicable for other organisations and teams, it is important that we think about this and try to do what is best for our teams. Inaction is not an option. #WFH #information #overload #productivity #distraction #disconnect