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40% -- productivity reduction from multitasking for average worker (2025)
Multi-tasking can reduce productivity by as much as 40%.
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45
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average worker: 40% productivity reduction from multitasking. Source: Forbes (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/multitasking-productivity-loss
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