From slashdot.org 11/29/11:
Europe's Largest IT Company To Ban Internal Email
Thierry Breton, CEO of Atos, Europe's largest IT company, wants a 'zero email' policy to be in place in 18 months, arguing that only 10 per cent of the 200 electronic messages his employees receive per day turn out to be useful, and that staff spend between 5-20 hours handling emails every week. 'The email is no longer the appropriate (communication) tool,' says Breton. 'It is time to think differently.' Instead Breton wants staff at Atos to use chat-type collaborative services inspired by social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter as surveys show that the younger generation have already all but scrapped email, with only 11 per cent of 11 to 19 year-olds using it.
Read More:
Staff To Be Banned From Sending Email, Telegaph, 11/28/2011
Email Gets An Instant Makeover, NYT, 12/20/10
Related Books:
SEND: Why People Email So Badly and How To Do It Better by David Shipley
New Rules For Today's Workplace by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What The Most Effective People Do Differently by John C Maxwell
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I get that social media is on the increase - I use it a lot myself - but I can't imagine it replacing email completely. Remember, computers and email were supposed to lead to the "paperless office" by the 21st century. Riiiight...
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