Whenever you multitask, and more than one task requires any amount of attention, accuracy goes down. Aside from doing only one thing at a time (which most people who receive two hundred emails a day will simply scoff at), what other options are there? There are three possible answers to this juggling act dilemma. One solution is to embed or automate more of what you do, which means you get the audience to do more work. Another possible solution is to get information onstage in the best possible order. The third possible solution is to mix up your attention.
