Also, the average knowledge worker in the United States is interrupted every 11 minutes.

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This is a problem for the executive suite every bit as much as it is for the average knowledge worker sitting in his or her cube.

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In many roles, a knowledge worker can spend half their day on routine communications such as filtering incoming information and correspondence, contacting others, scheduling meetings and so on.

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Zakir Hussain, a knowledge worker who participated in the community screening session in Seelampur ICT centre in New Delhi said: "I never thought the technology could be used so effectively to communicate our problems".

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"We're being bombarded, so we have to find a way -- we, the creators of technology -- to make this technology more aware of what the knowledge worker is doing so that we're not interrupting him or her at inopportune moments, " she said.

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And, of course, there is nothing to stop a machinist, an electrician, or any other worker from pursuing knowledge of other fields in their spare time.

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