SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees are more productive

Re:SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees ... by dleslie on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:19PM (#26838615)

I agree! Having a _minimal_ barrier to communication acts as a filter, in a similar way that requiring registration acts as a quality filter for a forum. Folks must gather interest in the meeting, rather than interrupt and demand focus; this, at minimum, gives them some time to reconsider the concepts that they want to raise with their coworkers.

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Re:SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees ... by biomcgary on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:34PM (#26838783)

Not just any minimal barrier. Extroverts wired to speak spontaneously (i.e., have high Foxp2 gene expression) are the most likely to disrupt others for non-functional reasons. Requiring verbal communication to be initiated through written means is a great way to increase the signal-to-noise threshold for communication. Meanwhile, those who are not spontaneously verbal have a relatively low barrier (a sentence in chat).

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Re:SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees ... by Guest42 on Friday April 16, 2021 @04:46PM (#26838892)

Thank you, I have never seen that explanation and it certainly maps to behaviors that I've seen.

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Re:SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees ... by dleslie on Friday April 16, 2021 @05:36PM (#26839337)

Interesting! Do you have further reading I might be able to consume?

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