Constant digital interruption is one of the biggest drivers of workplace stress
SmartBrief | 29.05.2026 23:22
Melissa leads a global team launching a new product. With colleagues spread across time zones, calls start early and often run late into the evening. More than 60% of her day is spent in meetings, while the remaining time is fragmented: she starts a report, gets an MSTeams message, checks her dashboard, replies on WhatsApp and 20 minutes later can no longer remember what she originally sat down to do. Increasingly, she struggles to switch off and sleep well.
