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Their key points here were: -Inbox Pause -Thursday Meetings -and Do 1 Thing a Day. I personally use: -Archive Everything -Never have meetings... ever. -a

by dpcan 12y ago

Their key points here were: -Inbox Pause -Thursday Meetings -and Do 1 Thing a Day. I personally use: -Archive Everything -Never have meetings... ever. -and Prioritize My email is like Chat unfortunately, so much back and forth on projects I really can't afford to only chime in once a day or nothing would ever get done. But everything gets archived unless I'm working on it actively, or I still need to reply. Meetings... I never meet in person now. The time suck is just horrible awful miserable. I will occasionally have a phone meeting, but they aren't much better, but at least I don't have to take time to shave and drive. 1 thing a day would be nice unless your world consists of 200 little tiny things. So, I prioritize and block out hours to get things done. Then I DO apply 1-thing-a-day to my side-projects so they stay fresh. To each their own.

karinnielsen 12y ago
Not having meetings or conf calls might work for you but I would be very surprised if it works for your customers and/or peers (assuming you have any). If there is one thing I have learned it's that the quality of communication in a team usually makes or breaks the project. The quality of communication with a customer makes or breaks the relationship. It's important to remember that humans have been communicating for thousands of years without email, chat servers or telephones. Our brains are hard-wired to respond to facial expression, tone of voice and body language. All of this is lost with computer-mediated communication channels. Your post prompted me to look at this study which you may also find interesting: http://www.academia.edu/538403/Face-to-face_Versus_Computer-mediated_Communication_Exploring_Employees_Preference_of_Effective_Employee_Communication_Channel http://www.academia.edu/538403/Face-to-face_Versus_Computer-... Don't get me wrong, meetings for the sake of meetings are a waste of time but that's not to say that they do not have their place.
- 1123581321 12y ago
  I find maker-vs-manager a bit brittle as well. A company I'm very familiar with has people going into and out of immersive "modes" that involve creative work as well as communication about that work. So, someone might spend all week in "ABC mode" and have 4-8 meetings about ABC as well as shipping a few features or solutions. Others might advance a few large features and be interrupted by 2-3 meetings, but because they are connected, the immersion is not broken.

by dpcan 12y ago

karinnielsen 12y ago

Not having meetings or conf calls might work for you but I would be very surprised if it works for your customers and/or peers (assuming you have any). If there is one thing I have learned it's that the quality of communication in a team usually makes or breaks the project. The quality of communication with a customer makes or breaks the relationship. It's important to remember that humans have been communicating for thousands of years without email, chat servers or telephones. Our brains are hard-wired to respond to facial expression, tone of voice and body language. All of this is lost with computer-mediated communication channels. Your post prompted me to look at this study which you may also find interesting: http://www.academia.edu/538403/Face-to-face_Versus_Computer-mediated_Communication_Exploring_Employees_Preference_of_Effective_Employee_Communication_Channel http://www.academia.edu/538403/Face-to-face_Versus_Computer-... Don't get me wrong, meetings for the sake of meetings are a waste of time but that's not to say that they do not have their place.

1123581321 12y ago
I find maker-vs-manager a bit brittle as well. A company I'm very familiar with has people going into and out of immersive "modes" that involve creative work as well as communication about that work. So, someone might spend all week in "ABC mode" and have 4-8 meetings about ABC as well as shipping a few features or solutions. Others might advance a few large features and be interrupted by 2-3 meetings, but because they are connected, the immersion is not broken.