Business Practices That Refuse To Die: Email Trees (Video)
Why do we regularly torture ourselves with endless email trees that are branched off, creating 14 separate discussions and CC: everyone and their dog? It drives us mad yet we find ourselves being sucked these holes each week. We contort ourselves to fit this time-wasting model of communication and despise it every time it happens.
We can end the madness by using collaborative technologies and work in a way that works for us, not us for it. We can save time, confusion and frustration.
Those of us who have been using collaborative technologies understand this. But it is not an easy concept to teach other in a way that it has a lasting effect – so they change the way they work. The real challenge is how do we explain this to other people?
I hope this video helps you explain how we can work so much better and really upgrade the way we work.
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As I was making this video I thought of other business practices that I wish would die. Do you have ideas, too? If so, let me know in the comments and I will put them in my bucket list of videos to make in the near future. Thanks!
June 19, 2012 @ 10:02 am
Great video showing one of the major issues of modern communication. Instead of falling into the overload trap of an email tree then why not use a collaborative tool, reducing workload and making everyone’s lives easier. Once again this is an excellent video, and if viewers are interested in a collaborative communication workspace then please take a look at https://unifiedinbox.com/ or message me on chris@unifiedinbox.com
June 22, 2012 @ 3:58 pm
Hi Kevin,
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December 3, 2012 @ 11:03 am
[…] Kennen Sie das auch? Ihr E-Mail-Postfach läuft ständig über? Sie verbringen viel Zeit damit, Ihre E-Mails zu bearbeiten und haben trotzdem den Eindruck, zu wenig mit Kollegen und Mitarbeitern im Austausch zu stehen? Sind Sie auch der Meinung, dass sich daran etwas ändern muss? Dann sind Sie in guter Gesellschaft. (Quelle: vinjones.com) […]
June 15, 2013 @ 8:02 pm
Love this video. It’s very useful as we try and contrast old (ahem, current) and modern ways of working. For your bucket list: meetings with no agenda, notes, and actions (or all of the above hidden in email). Thanks!