Editor’s note: Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of, or used, Tiktok. what matters here is how this video/social platform keeps your attention. It’s a fascinating media, technology and communications story. One that is being lived by many of the next wave of employees.
Editor’s note: Research confirms what you might already suspect, that our attention spans are diminishing due to the increasing amounts of information that is pushed our way. This puts into perspective the challenge L&D has in gaining employees’ attention.
Editor’s note: Philosopher Matthew Crawford is writing a book on attention and in this interview he describes some of his thinking on distraction and how we lead our lives.