Not to offend anyone in particular, but I\u2019ve noticed a trend among companies I visit:<\/p>\n
Organizations where (under the table) blackberry use during meetings runs rampant tend to have really bad governance models.\u00a0 Conversely, organizations where people are engaged and participate in meetings they attend tend to have good governance models.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is not to say that organizations that happen to have the one or two rogue or occasional checkers of messages have bad governance, but it\u2019s really those organizations where everyone seems to be doing it.\u00a0 Most often it\u2019s a condition that seems to be instigated by the habits of the senior managers and executives.<\/p>\n
Here is how I diagnose the problem.\u00a0 Rampant Blackberry use is a sign or poor controls.\u00a0 I mean really \u2013 in any meeting, you have invited participants because they should have some value to the process.\u00a0 If they are checking their Blackberries all meeting long, they either don\u2019t add value, or the process is suffering for it.\u00a0 It\u2019s also a sign that when organizations are full of people with poor control over their own behavior, the organization as a whole reflects this as part of their culture.\u00a0 In turn, the organization\u2019s control over process and governance is also quite poor.\u00a0 I\u2019m not saying this is true in all cases, but I\u2019ve noticed that there certainly seems to be a correlation.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, I\u2019ve noticed that organizations where people are thoughtful and respectful about other people\u2019s time invested during a meeting, the organization tends to have a culture where good controls and well developed and utilized governance models tend to exist.\u00a0 An organization is a reflection of the habits of its collective people after all.<\/p>\n
The lesson is this:\u00a0 please turn off your Blackberries and phones, and participate in the task at hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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