Tired of your staff checking email in your meetings? Irritated that your workers waste time logging onto Facebook while you're talking about company strategies? You're not alone. Laptops, smartphones and tablets are fantastic tools. Even so technology can play havoc with your company meetings. The Solution Because of this Jake Knapp, design partner at Google Ventures, writes in a recent post on the Medium Web site that employees need to be forbidden from carrying technology into meetings. Managers, then, will have a far less challenging time attracting the interest of their staff. No gadgets Knapp proposes that employees say goodbye to their laptops, smartphones and tablets before going into a meeting. This w ... read more
