Should Workplaces Curtail E-Mail?
Atos, an international information technology services company, announced recently that it will phase out e-mails because its chief executive, Thierry Breton, considers 90 percent of them a waste of time. In its place, he said, employees should spend more time talking to each other in person or on the phone, and switch to “real time” messaging tools, like text messages or social media. Are e-mails mostly a waste of time? Would workplaces be more productive if they tried to limit them? Why are text messages and social media preferable to e-mail?
* phase out = 단계적으로 중단(폐지)하다/ a waste of time(money) = 시간(돈)의 낭비/ in person = 직접(몸소)/ real time = 실시간/ preferable to ~ = ~보다 더 좋은
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* Put the Cost Back in Communication
We don’t have much more to say today than we used to, but we have lots of new ways to say it. It’s no wonder that businesses are concerned.
* The Phony ‘Zero E-Mail’ Alarm
Reducing internal e-mails opens up space for the most powerful communications "technology" of all: face-to-face conversation.
* What We Would Miss
I've lived in a world without e-mail for four years. I'm fine. But there are still strong reasons to keep it in the workplace.
* Break Bad Habits
E-mail itself is not the problem. It's how we use it. One solution: get rid of the Reply to All command.
