I'm continuing a thread started in Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 1). You can find the link thread at the bottom of this post. I'm pondering if it's true that people have a hard time unplugging and getting off the grid.
Part 1 mentioned several blog posts that caught my eye and lead to this thread. Part 2 linked announcing going off the grid with asking someone to watch your house while you're away and Part 3 provided some hints as to why some people can get off the grid more easily than others. Part 4 had me wondering why popular culture suggests that taking time for ones' self is an undesirable activity. We continue from there.
One of NextStage's researchers has been observing people doing their jobs in several areas. The findings are fascinating not a pretty picture. So far we've documented...well, oddness. Here are some examples:One fellow works in government. He gets paid for an 8-hour day and admits that his time in the office is more like 6.5-7.25 hrs/day. He spends ¼-½ of this time surfing the net looking at non-work related sites. He is frustrated that his boss won't let him telecommute. If he could telecommute, he'd be able to spend more time building up his own business.
Another fellow works in management at a manufacturing company. His objective? Keep his head down and hide in the bureaucracy for the next 12-15 years so he can retire with a full pension.
A woman in a high tech position admits she won't talk about problems in her organization because she fears reprisals. (we heard lots of horror stories about this one organization, specifically that the upper levels of the organization aren't really paying attention to the lower levels)
A fellow is taking on some new responsibilities in his job and feels his new responsibilities may be negatively affecting the rest of his life.
These are a few and the list is painfully long. Sometimes I do not enjoy observing and documenting human behavior.
But I will share something all the above have in common; none of these people enjoy tortoise time.
(more to follow)
Please contact NextStage for information regarding presentations and trainings on this and other topics.
Links for this post:
- Email Bankruptcy blog posts
- The Eventing Yourself Blog arc
- Going Off the Grid
- In this arc:
- MediaFreeZones
- Proof I'm a Luddite
- Unplugging... why is it so hard?
- Voluntary Simplification blog posts
- IMedia Brand Summit on 9-12 Sept 07
- XChange on 20-21 Sept 07
- DC Emetrics Summit on 14-17 Oct '07
- Society for New Communications Research Annual Research Symposium & Awards Gala on 5-6 Dec 07 in Boston.
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