The one simple rule to remember when e-mailing

One-Simple-Rule-For-EMail

The two scourges of the modern workplace are e-mail and meetings, and I think it’s fairly hard to argue that. On the e-mail front, to wit: No one really contextualizes their e-mails (so everything seems urgent) It’s impossible to infer… Continue Reading

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E-Mail is just a representation of the power structure of your organization

EMail is just a form of hierarchy

If you like this post, feel free to share it with your friends. Share buttons are at the bottom of the post.  Before we get into this, let’s just be clear up front: e-mail is probably one of the worst… Continue Reading

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Two simple ways to stay on top of e-mail

Everyone in the modern world seems to complain about e-mail. Like, everyone. I’ve had a bunch of jobs, in a bunch of different industries/verticals/cities/bosses, and regardless of all the differences, this whole concept of ‘OMG, I cannot stay on top… Continue Reading

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Productivity and engagement killer: Mobile e-mail.

Checking Your EMail At Night Is Terrible For Ideas

Stop and think about this for one second, and try to follow this bouncing ball: A lot of people (probably a majority) do check their e-mail at off-hours, i.e. night-time at home. When they’re doing that, a subsequent large number are probably… Continue Reading

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Maybe Slack could finally end some corporate seat time discussions

Corporate Seat Time

Last April, I wrote about how maybe Slack could revolutionize the workplace; then in February, I wrote about how they got to a $2 billion valuation with no CMO, which is insanely rare for a lot of companies. There’s something… Continue Reading

Stop being a dick when you write e-mails. Thanks.

Rude E-Mails

This article is currently popular on Forbes. This is the best part: It’s easy to think of email as a way to get something done quickly, but when you do this to the extreme, you come across as inhuman. You wouldn’t… Continue Reading

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Marketing automation needs to become more adaptable

Marketing Automation Is A Mess

I work in marketing and am generally of the strong belief that it needs to evolve as a field — there’s still way too many people in the industry and running departments who think in the old-school way (ad buys, “power branding,”… Continue Reading

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The inherent dichotomy of e-mail length

How Long Should Your E-Mails Be?

Want to count the ways that e-mail is awful? Sure, let’s do that. It’s probably the biggest time-suck of the modern age. Even though it’s really easy to solve many work issues with a 5-minute convo, it always becomes a… Continue Reading