It’s two levels of consciousness: active GNW (global neuronal workspace) makes you generally alert and aware, and active working memory is a dominant subset of GNW that you are specifically focused on. I happen to think that the later is far more interesting.
" GW theory may be thought of as a theater of mental functioning. Consciousness in this
metaphor resembles a bright spot on the stage of immediate memory, directed there by a spotlight" Global workspace theory of consciousness: toward a cognitive neuroscience of human experience - ScienceDirect