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Really useful feedback from the @WeAreRise_NE team today following our experiment with #NoEmailDay last Thurs. Key findings/learnings:
1. Generally, everyone enjoyed the ability to focus on doing work, rather than servicing their inbox.
1. Generally, everyone enjoyed the ability to focus on doing work, rather than servicing their inbox.
2. We realise how much we email internally when we would have spoken in the office - use the phone more.
3. Many of us have an anxiety about replying to emails quickly, not recognising that urgent stuff is best talked about, not emailed about, & that if its not urgent it can wait
3. Many of us have an anxiety about replying to emails quickly, not recognising that urgent stuff is best talked about, not emailed about, & that if its not urgent it can wait
4. Don't try #NoEmailDay on a Thurs if many staff are off on Fridays as logistically it just doesn't work for them.
5. Make a note of your calendar commitments before the day, so you don't even need to open Outlook to check your calendar.
5. Make a note of your calendar commitments before the day, so you don't even need to open Outlook to check your calendar.
6. Turn off your laptop AND your phone email notifications to avoid "notification anxiety".
7. Be prepared for your team to ask for #NoEmailDay to run for three days out of every week going forward!
8. Just give it a go; what's the worst that can happen?
7. Be prepared for your team to ask for #NoEmailDay to run for three days out of every week going forward!
8. Just give it a go; what's the worst that can happen?
We'll be back on #NoEmailDay on 9th Dec.
