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 and Part 5 listed some things we've documented in our research.
Part 6 dealt with SIMM behavior and why some cultures have no problem unplugging (if they even plug in as people in the US think of it). Part 7a was contributed by one of our researchers and dealt with Emailless Fridays. We continue with her thoughts on the subject.
We left off with "Emails are safe. We say things in emails that we wouldn't dare say on the phone and never to any one face to face."They said that it seemed a rare occurrence for people to stop by each others cubes or offices to discuss business. It's usually by email or in meetings. Many businesses began noticing this as well. Some have started instituting no email Fridays. If some one wants to discuss an idea with a colleague they must either phone that person or physically go down the hall, or where ever, and see them face to face. I know, it's a radical idea. This person I spoke with liked the idea so much that they were going to institute it. I had heard about no email Fridays from a posting on the internet.
It's been gaining on popularity.
At first employees were complaining about it. As the idea grew, employees found that they were far more productive. They actually began to get things done. They weren't constantly being interrupted. There was no longer a need to check emails every five minutes. Employees began to know one another, exchange ideas, face to face. It was a beautiful thing. So, let's expand on the idea to no meeting Tuesdays, no phone call Wednesdays. I know these last two won't happen, but let's see where the concept can go.
The theme continues to emerge and links everything in this arc so far.
(more to follow)
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Links for this post:
- Email Bankruptcy blog posts
- The Eventing Yourself Blog arc
- Going Off the Grid
- In this arc:
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 1)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 2)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 3)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 4)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 5)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 6)
- Media Free? That's easy...and scary. Know why? (Part 7a)
- 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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