tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post6745511498443793067..comments2023-07-29T09:15:17.416+01:00Comments on allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business: Leave your laptops out of meetingsallan kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06262139490250478379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-9908541978453052412009-01-18T01:15:00.000+00:002009-01-18T01:15:00.000+00:00While what you say is rational,I find I have a wor...While what you say is rational,I find I have a work schedule of wall to wall meetings and work needs still to get done (usually emails to keep projects rolling smoothly). <BR/><BR/>Capturing stuff via pen and paper only adds additional transcription work.<BR/><BR/>Also there are those meetings where your attention was only merited for a fraction of the time.<BR/><BR/>Then there are conference calls - these can be perfect as they allow the closet overcommitted multi-tasker to be "in the meeting" and busy working at the same time. The mute button comes in very handy to ensure no one can hear you typing ;)<BR/><BR/>If I had a more reasonable workload I'd totally embrace your suggestion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-36982977239029703522009-01-02T16:13:00.000+00:002009-01-02T16:13:00.000+00:00Steve, that's an interesting comment. When I go ba...Steve, that's an interesting comment. When I go back to work on Monday, I'll be assigning one of my team as a RAD scribe and his job will be to record everything and probably straight into a laptop. Following your comment I'm now wondering if pen and paper should be the medium.Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-29414320798749207712009-01-02T12:18:00.000+00:002009-01-02T12:18:00.000+00:00I couldn't agree more. It's not just meetings, but...I couldn't agree more. It's not just meetings, but conference presentations too.Paul Grenyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212226926099615757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12948038.post-1192193072110515692009-01-02T12:06:00.000+00:002009-01-02T12:06:00.000+00:00This is so true. I've seen meetings where the Proj...This is so true. I've seen meetings where the Project Manager was focussed on typing in everything that was said for the record, rather than focussing on understanding what was going on with her people. Apparently the whole company was like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com