Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals and a specialist in collaboration and re-thinking work, suggests that our work does not happen at the office anymore.
In his TEDx speech he claims that our workdays are reduced to working moments because of the constant interruptions and distractions we face at our offices on a daily basis. According to Fried, the real problem is neither Facebook nor email, but M&M’s – managers and meetings.
Fried for example points out that a 1-hour-meeting of ten people is in fact a 10-hour-meeting, which at its worst is keeping people from getting any of their actual work done.
Some of Fried’s solutions might sound a bit provocative. Still, his ideas do have some intriguing straightforwardness: he suggests no-talk-thursdays, more non-real-time communication, and plainly just canceling your next meeting.
We have observed that busy executives tend to get emailing done in board meetings and steering groups with more than six participants. As days are filled with all sorts of meetings, the long and crowded ones are sometimes a blessing for heavy emailers.
Tongue in cheek, are people really participating in larger meetings to make decisions or just to catch up with unfinished work? Where do you get your work done? Share in the comments.
The original video on Ted.com can be found here.
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