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Sequencers!
while taking care of payroll and intermittently
helping the scheduled and
random patients who walk through
the doors. Additionally, she needs to
start calling around to fill the chairs
because three patients called in and
canceled their afternoon posttreatment
retainer checks. Oh, and the
insurance company faxed in $5k worth
of clawbacks and someone will have to
spend an hour arguing with them.
It's a common scene in orthodontic
practices worldwide. What's the problem
with this?
Scientific scrutiny tells us that
your employee must spend four times
longer than these tasks normally
take to make any headway. Studies
in cognitive psychology suggest that
what we perceive as multitasking is
actually rapid task-switching, which
can lead to decreased efficiency and
increased errors. The brain, it seems,
isn't designed for such a scattergun
approach to attention.
Sequencing: A return to focus
Sequencing is the practice of completing
tasks one after another, deliberately
and with focus. It's akin to a
symphony, where a lot is happening
but each note is played in turn, creating
a harmonious whole. Orchestras
are not given all the notes and told
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to play them; they're given a score of
thousands of notes and the order in
which each is to be done together.
In the perfect workplace, where
we also might have control over the
work, this translates to an employee
who gets to tackle a project, gives it
their undivided attention and then
moves on to the next with a clear
mind. As described earlier, a perfect
workplace does not exist. Still, we are
making the case that, given all the
chaos, there are ample opportunities
to sequence work and reduce the negative
impact of switching tasks.
Let's also take a moment to recognize
the benefits of sequencing,
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