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LEADER
Technology is advancing rapidly today. You may also have
heard that development is happening exponentially – speeding
up many times over. New apps, features and tools are entering
our lives, and our minds are trying to take them in and keep
pace with the times. Our emotions respond, and we may feel
tired, irritable or completely lost. Digital overload occurs when
the amount of stimuli exceeds our capacity. A typical example
is a working day when someone opens an email, but while
reading it, three chats pop up, two app notifications appear,
and a colleague suddenly has an idea and “just quickly needs
to discuss something”. Or a household situation: you want to put
on a film, but before you manage to choose from 17 platforms,
half the evening is gone and you feel as though you need
a holiday just from making decisions.
Our minds react to this in their own way. We stop being able
to concentrate, lose energy, and feel as though we cannot keep
up with even half of what we should be doing. The brain simply
is not designed for constant switching – it is like trying to run
a marathon in ski boots.
It’s important to know that it’s not a failure. It is a normal
response. And the good news? There is a way to start easing
the stress.
TIP:
Set yourself one “technology filter” each day – a conscious
decision about what you do not want to deal with today.
These could be examples like turning off notifications,
banning multitasking, or ignoring the “new amazing app you
absolutely have to try straight away”. The 10-minute rule also
works brilliantly: before you start using a new app or tool, take
a short pause and ask yourself whether it will genuinely help, or
simply add another layer of strain. The brain needs time to sort
the information – and when we give it that time, it rewards us
with greater ease and calm.
When we learn to recognise those moments when it is simply
all too much, we give the brain a chance to take a break.
And in the next topic, we will look at how to live with technology
in a way that does not control us, but supports us.
Proč se invesce
do lidí vyplácí
Sterilní prostředí nemocnic a hlučné výrobní haly. Na první po-
hled jiné vesmíry, ve skutečnosti je spojuje stejný cíl - aby lidé
i procesy fungovali přesně a spolehlivě. Jak toho docílit?
1. Komunikace, která vede k nedorozumění, stojí na sále
život a u linky miliony. Proto týmy trénují věcnost, strukturu
a jasnost, které okamžitě vedou k akci. Stejně důležitá je
kultura zpětné vazby a odvaha zastavit nežádoucí proces
v reálném čase – chrání zdraví i výrobní prostředky.
2. Při krizích rozhoduje klid, ne emoce. Automatismy získané
tréninkem pomáhají odborníkům chybovat méně a řídit
situace s jistotou.
3. A protože se medicína i průmysl mění rychleji než
učebnice, stává se adaptabilita klíčovou dovedností, která
přispívá k ochraně životů i miliardových investic.
Z výše uvedeného mi vychází, že to nejdražší, co mohou oba
světy udělat, je šetřit na rozvoji svých lidí. Právě tím totiž nejvíce
riskují efektivitu i bezpečí svých procesů.
Sterile hospital environments and noisy manufacturing halls.
At first glance, they seem like completely different worlds,
but in reality they are united by the same goal: ensuring that
both people and processes operate precisely and reliably. How
can this be achieved?
1. Communication that leads to misunderstanding can
cost lives in the operating theatre and millions on
the production line. That is why teams train for precision,
structure and clarity, so that communication leads straight
to action. Equally important are a culture of feedback
and the courage to stop an undesirable process in real
time, protecting both health and production assets.
2. In a crisis, calm matters more than emotion. Habits built
through training help professionals make fewer mistakes
and handle situations with confidence.
3. And because both medicine and industry are changing
faster than textbooks can keep up, adaptability is
becoming a key skill, one that helps protect both lives
and billion-pound investments.
All of the above explains that the most expensive mistake either
world can make is to cut back on the development of its people.
That is precisely how they put both the efficiency and the safety
of their processes most at risk.
Šárka Matýs,