Intel wants to be without e-mail on Fridays
Of all companies, Intel—the world's largest chipmaker—is relying on an unconventional solution to improve internal communication: "Email-Free Friday.".
Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer, has come up with an unconventional solution to improve internal communication: e-mail-free Fridays. 150 engineers at the world's largest chip manufacturer have launched the "Zero E-mail Fridays" pilot project. By foregoing electronic mail, the IT company's technicians want to improve internal communication, as the newspaper USA Today reports.
There is no absolute ban on e-mail. However, anyone who joins the initiative should avoid e-mails if possible and communicate in person or by telephone on this day.
More direct communication should improve the exchange of ideas. Concentration on the actual work should also increase: People who frequently check their emails need up to four minutes each time they are interrupted to be able to concentrate on their original activity again.
The reason for the initiative is the growing flood of emails: worldwide, 39.7 billion emails are sent from person to person every day, plus 17.1 billion automatically generated messages and 40.5 billion spam emails, the newspaper quotes market researcher IDC. Coping with this mass of communication costs companies huge sums of money.
There is no absolute ban on e-mail. However, anyone who joins the initiative should avoid e-mails if possible and communicate in person or by telephone on this day.
More direct communication should improve the exchange of ideas. Concentration on the actual work should also increase: People who frequently check their emails need up to four minutes each time they are interrupted to be able to concentrate on their original activity again.
The reason for the initiative is the growing flood of emails: worldwide, 39.7 billion emails are sent from person to person every day, plus 17.1 billion automatically generated messages and 40.5 billion spam emails, the newspaper quotes market researcher IDC. Coping with this mass of communication costs companies huge sums of money.
