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How chat destroys your focus

Chat undermines your ability to communicate. Here’s what you can do about it.

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Katie Burkhart
Mar 20, 2023
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While chat serves as an effective way to communicate quickly, it’s a poor way to communicate as a business. 

Chat never replaced email, despite all promises to the contrary. It’s now another place that your team members have to check to stay on the same page. 

But unlike email, most people communicate on chat in real time, one line at a time. If you’re no…

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