Jason Fried of 37Signals presented a talk at Ted this October, explaining why so little work is actually done at work:
A few Take-aways:
- Cancel meetings – and see if work still gets done
- Institute a No-Talk Thursday – nobody can talk to each other
- Rely more on IM, email, and other non-interactive means to communicate to each other
This may be a good time to plug a 37Signals product called Campfire. It enables co-workers to be available for chat, but not miss anything when they’re not in the chat. It’s also a better solution than IM, since it allows easily for 3- or 4-way chats. Last but not least, you don’t need to install every IM client in the world to be available – all you need is a browser.
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