I'll preface this post with an acknowledgement that email is here to stay. That said, we don't have to treat our stream of outgoing messages like a firehose. The following companies have adopted compelling approaches to slow the flow of email. Consider these when crafting your...
I'll be the first to admit it: I'm absolutely obsessed with pre-drafting emails. I first learned this technique from Peter while we were organizing the pilot version of what would become Abundance 360. [rebel] I was waiting to hear back from a designer, and I'...
Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on Gen Y and productivity to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. * New Research Reveals That Most Work Email is Irrelevant [PayScale] * Have Millennials Killed the Concept of the Corner Office? [PayScale] * Searching for...
Luis Suarez of IBM has essentially sworn off email since February 2008, opting instead to use social media to communicate with colleagues. "I was getting tired of doing everyone else's work instead of mine," he told Wired, explaining that many of his daily emails entailed answering...
PriceWaterhouseCoopers employees who choose to work on the weekends will encounter a fascinating aspect of the company's email policy: a gentle reminder not to burden your colleagues with messages. Here's the message in its entirety, courtesy of AttorneyRetention.org: It's the Weekend Help reduce...
Volkswagen is fighting the good fight in work-life balance by stopping its BlackBerry servers from delivering email to employees after regular work hours. The plan, which applies to VW Germany workers with trade-union-negotiated contracts, only permits emails to be delivered during a window that begins 30 minutes before an employee&...
