{"id":497,"date":"2020-06-11T04:05:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T04:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/?p=497"},"modified":"2020-06-11T04:05:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T04:05:23","slug":"week-four-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/2020\/06\/11\/week-four-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Four Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I loved all three TED talks, but my fast favorite was Jason Fried discussing \u201cWhy work doesn\u2019t happen at work\u201d. \u00a0Fried argues there are too many distractions at the office for anyone to get any work done. This could be considered a \u201ccontroversial\u201d stance to take, but one that immediately resonates with the audience. Just about everyone watching and listening can relate to the idea of having too much work to do, and too little time during the workday in which to get it done.<\/p>\n

Fried may identify managers as a contributing factor to that lack of time, but immediately puts any managers in the audience at ease by self-identifying as a manager himself. This creates a sense of simpatico, as if the entire audience are now working with Fried on this problem and are open to hearing his thoughts on potential solutions.<\/p>\n

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Sticking with Fried, I think his proposals on how organizations can give back time to their workers have merit. However, as he stresses, it\u2019s up to managers to make that happen. By dedicating meeting-free blocks of time, management can communicate to the entire organization that it recognizes the value of interrupted time. This in turn could lead to those meetings which do remain on the calendar to be more productive than they might have been previously.<\/p>\n

Thinking about how this connects with other things we\u2019ve been reading and discussing with regards to organizational culture, I came up with the below Venn diagram:<\/p>\n

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I loved all three TED talks, but my fast favorite was Jason Fried discussing \u201cWhy work doesn\u2019t happen at work\u201d. \u00a0Fried argues there are too many distractions at the office for anyone to get any work done. This could be considered a \u201ccontroversial\u201d stance to take, but one that immediately resonates with the audience. Just … <\/p>\n

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