One may think modern tools help to get understood at work … well … not always. When modern tools deserve communication.
These guys made a great parody of what a conference call could be is frequently. Among others, you will notice:
- technical issues or wrong access code
- late attendees & waiting
- all speaking at the same time
- wrongly connected
- at home, on holidays, not alone
- prehistoric cavern echo (modern technology?)
- not exactly working (in other words, playing)
- leaving for other important work
- shared documents … or not
- and … thought somebody else was writing the minutes
and only missing maybe:
- language problems, in worldwide groups
- autoritative speaker(s)
- customer/supplier relation
- confidential information
btw, is that list not a starting point for writing specifications of a new communication tool?
(see article on cross-domain innovations)
And if you like some more, well, there is the great email parody also:
- box full
- out of the office activated
- too big attachment
- huge signatures or terms
- answers to all with no original or valuable content (“nice”, “well done” …)
- personal emails, spams
- …
btw, is that list not a starting point to see their tool … or start to write this company email policy so many times already procrastinated?
Please give us your advice & tricks with the link on the right if you do not recognize any situation (have you ever worked at all if you have never encountered these?)