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Topless meetings for team focus?
Merlin Mann | Mar 25 2008
When it's hard to stay focused, try going 'topless' to meetings - San Jose Mercury News Our good pals over at Adaptive Path have been experimenting with banning laptops and other communication devices in meetings (something I've supported in the past). From today's Mercury News:
[via Dan Saffer] The Question to YouHas your team tried some version of topless meetings? How did it work for you? Anybody tried it and given up? How did the meetings change without the toys being on? 42 Comments
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It's interesting...Submitted by jelmore on March 25, 2008 - 3:10pm.
...that the first thing people jump on is "Instead of banning laptops/smartphones/chairs/indoor heating, try making the meeting shorter/more relevant/more interesting/a catered affair?" Maybe the weekly inter-departmental meeting has been reworked to minimize time and improve focus, but people are clinging to the old habit of "crap, it's time for the weekly meeting; I'll just bring my laptop and crank on email when nothing is going on". The "topless" meeting can be used to drive attention to making the new format for the meeting work. Life is not black-and-white; there are a combination of factors that lead to non-productive, boring, useless meetings, and many of them have two legs and wear clothing. I can't make a meeting interesting or effective for you. It takes buy-in from everyone. » POSTED IN:
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