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Work environments|How Much Time and Energy Do We Waste Toggling Between Applications?
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How Much Time and Energy Do We Waste Toggling Between Applications?

by Rohan Narayana Murty, Sandeep Dadlani and Rajath B. Das

August 29, 2022
HBR Staff/Alexey Yakovenko/Makrushka/Getty Images

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How many times do you think you toggle between applications over the course of your day? For digital workers, bouncing between applications has become an inescapable part of work — hitting Alt-Tab comes as naturally as breathing.

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