I get a laugh out of the CEO of my current employer praising about the “multi-threaded” efforts of our marketing team. And here I thought the whole team blocked

I get a laugh out of the CEO of my current employer praising about the “multi-threaded” efforts of our marketing team. And here I thought the whole team blocked, slack-jawed, after each email, waiting mindlessly for Outlook to show that “new mail” icon so that they could get back to work.