What looks like low productivity is often fragmented attention in disguise.
One small interruption doesn’t seem like much.
And every disruption forces your brain to restart.
Work quality drops.
Stack enough of these, and output quietly collapses.
High performers don’t just hidden cost of interruptions in teams work harder—they protect focus.
Because the real enemy isn’t workload.
It’s constant interruption.
If output isn’t matching effort, this is the missing piece.