Topless meetings: the concept of unplugging to stay connected

April 6, 2008 · Filed Under Business, Culture, Social Media, Technology · Comments 

I just ran across this post shared by [tag]Veronica Belmont[/tag], posted by [tag]Merlin Mann[/tag], via [tag]Dan Saffer[/tag], and originally written by the Mercury News… (what a trail of breadcrumbs). It suggests going topless to meetings to be more productive…

Frustrated by distracted workers so plugged in that they tune out in the middle of business meetings, a growing number of companies are going “topless,” as in no [tag]laptops[/tag] allowed. Also banned from some conference rooms: [tag]BlackBerrys[/tag], [/tag]iPhones[tag] and other personal devices on which so many have come to depend…

What a concept - unplug to really get connected to the people you interact with.

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