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Way to go, BusinessWeek!

December 3rd, 2006

I just paid my P.O. box a visit and was thrilled to find BusinessWeek featuring this story on the cover:

Smashing the clock: No schedules. No mandatory meetings. Inside Best Buy’s radical reshaping of the workplace

I haven’t read the article yet, but I’m tickled just seeing a major business media outlet taking flex work and the meeting timesuck this seriously. Plus, check out these sidebars:

Rock on, Best Buy! And you go, BusinessWeek. I’m off to devour all three pieces. If I hate the articles, you’ll be the first to know tomorrow. Would love to hear what some of you think, too (nudge, nudge).

Entry Filed under: Balance, Overworked and underpaid

5 Comments Add your own

1. Lynn | December 7th, 2006 at 12:03 pm

The “How to kill meetings” sidebar really struck a chord in me. I’ve been involved with this project lately and so far in the past two weeks, around eight meetings have already been called for it. I think I’ve only attended around three or four. I really don’t see the point of those frequent meetings, especially since they usually run up to five hours. I often feel like telling people, “Just let us actually DO the work!”
2. Michelle Goodman | December 7th, 2006 at 12:16 pm

i am so with you, lynn. i know people who have to block out meeting time with themselves in their outlook calendar so their colleagues think they’re already booked and can’t invite them to a meeting, JUST SO THEY CAN GET THEIR ACTUAL WORK DONE. when you’re in meetings 35 hours a week and only have 5 hours to get your real work done, something’s wrong.
3. Lynn | December 7th, 2006 at 1:50 pm

Funny, I’ve used the “I have another meeting” excuse to get out of my aforementioned project’s meetings too. It’s sad how those things are actually very counterproductive.

Oh, I haven’t told you yet how much I love your site. My sister’s planning to start her own business very soon, so I’ll be giving her your book next year to help her along.
4. Michelle Goodman | December 7th, 2006 at 2:03 pm

thank you, lynn. that’s nice to hear. i love that you’re giving my book as a gift. great idea!!! good luck to your sister too.

i also love that you use “i have another meeting” to get out of meetings. very schmart. if my clients weren’t reading this blog, i might confess that i’ve been known to do that too. (wink)
5. The Anti 9-to-5 Guide &ra&hellip | December 7th, 2006 at 3:57 pm

[...] So I read the “Smashing the Clock” cover story in BusinessWeek this a.m., you know, the one I was raving about the other day. And it was everything I hoped it would be. [...]

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