http://steves.seasidelife.com/2006/11/26/workplace-madness/ I'm Steve Richards a strategist and all round tech enthusiast working on enterprise desktop, application delivery and collaboration solutions. I work from home by the coast in the North West of England. All the views expressed in this blog are my own. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:43:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2006/11/26/workplace-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Anonymous Mon, 27 Nov 2006 10:29:00 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2006/11/26/workplace-madness/#comment-334 Great example! In fact I think that travel expenses and man-hours seem to be squandered whilst all other forms of expense seem to be locked down. Great example! In fact I think that travel expenses and man-hours seem to be squandered whilst all other forms of expense seem to be locked down.

]]> http://steves.seasidelife.com/2006/11/26/workplace-madness/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Anonymous Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:20:00 +0000 http://steves.seasidelife.com/2006/11/26/workplace-madness/#comment-333 I am always astonished when middle and senior managers complain that they can't collaborate through conference calls. More often than not, they are using the sort of cheap telephones in which the hands free element is only design for one person at best. When I suggest that they invest in the right technology they complain about the price, but never seem to make the connection with the cost of the fuel they burn to get to a meeting - let alone the waste of time! I am always astonished when middle and senior managers complain that they can’t collaborate through conference calls. More often than not, they are using the sort of cheap telephones in which the hands free element is only design for one person at best.
When I suggest that they invest in the right technology they complain about the price, but never seem to make the connection with the cost of the fuel they burn to get to a meeting – let alone the waste of time!

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