Bureau of Workplace Interruptions
Via Notio comes this wonderful site. Do you have the chutzpah to submit your name for an interruption? Bureau of Workplace Interruptions: "We harness interruptive technology to expose the secret possibilities of the workday. As a time-stealing agency, the Bureau of Workplace Interruptions works directly with employees to invisibly insert intimate exchange into the flow of the workday. Our promise is to create interruptions that challenge the needs of our users and the social and economic conditions of the modern workplace.
Beyond the fun and humor, I got a great "human" hit off this site. I may be all wrong - I often am, but I loved the invitation and offer of this site.
You know how receiving flowers at work can put a buzz on the rest of the day? So do we. That's why we create surprise, the kind that slices through the banal and opens up new places for your mind to wander. The ruptures we create are temporary spaces for open dialogue, invisible resistance, and general amusement. In short, we hope to invigorate some of the time you spend at work in order to create new experiences and possibilities outside the flow of capital."
Plus, I've been on a procrastination and self-interruption binge myself. So it makes me feel better. That's worth something. :-)
As always, seeking the link back to online interaction and online facilitation, how does interruption help a group? I suspect we always see the downside, but there is always the "other" view.
Is a fresh question, coming from a new perspective an interruption? A catalyst?
Is the injection of something social into a task oriented conversation jarring, or refreshing?
Food for (interruptive) thought...
>Tags: onlinefacilitation, workplace_interruptions
posted by Nancy White at 7:54 PM
2 Comments:
Though in the Netherlands interrupting a meeting is rude- in Ethiopia is was very normal to interupt a meeting for your own business. Even though it interrupts your conversations, I felt quite OK with it. It gives such a good peek into the other businesses and issues going on! (mm, knowledge management??) But Though I'm sure not everyone could live with it easily, it sometimes gives a breakout and a new twist to the meeting
Ha, that brightened my day. Have you seen http://hassleme.co.uk/ ? Does semi-random email reminders - strangley compelling.
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