Care about the team's collective speed.

Master your digital tools, don't let them master you.

Digital clutter—using too many apps, ignoring messy file structures, or letting constant notifications dictate your day—drains your mental energy on low-value tasks like searching for a document or navigating a clunky interface. Regularly audit your digital habits to ensure your setup is actually helping you.

Are you tracking the same information in three different places? Are your alerts set up to keep you focused or to distract you? By intentionally streamlining your workspace, you reduce mental fatigue and free up your brain for high-value thinking. This level of organization shows a professional work ethic that proves you can handle complex projects without getting overwhelmed.

Tech savviness also involves staying curious about the “how” behind your tools. Instead of just doing things the way they’ve always been done, take ten minutes to learn a “power user” trick or a keyboard shortcut. Often, there’s a feature that can turn a twenty-minute manual task into a five-minute automated one. When you find these shortcuts—like a faster way to sync a calendar or organize a shared folder—share them with your team to show you care abut the team’s collective speed.

Put these approaches into practice.

Let’s look at practical ways to navigate the often-overlooked "hidden workload" of digital clutter.