> There's nothing worse than whipping out your smartphone during a meeting Yes, there is something worse. Pulling me into an agendaless meeting that has nothin

> There's nothing worse than whipping out your smartphone during a meeting Yes, there is something worse. Pulling me into an agendaless meeting that has nothing to do with my job, just because the organizer thinks my presence may potentially be useful at some hypothetical point. > When you take out your phone it shows a: > Lack of respect. You consider the information on your phone to be more important than the conversation at hand, [...] On par with arranging an unnecessary meeting. First show me respect by not polluting my day with useless crap that prevents me from doing useful work, then you may start expecting respect in return. > Lack of listening. You aren’t practicing activelistening, so no one around you feels heard. Of course I'm not listening. If the meeting doesn't concern me, I won't have anything to say nor will it have any information important to me. My attention is a scarce resource. If you want it, provide me something valuable in exchange.