The Los Angeles Times reports that some Silicon Valley companies are holding "topless" meetings. Workers aren't allowed to use laptops, smartphones and other handheld diversions while they're sitting or standing around the big table, the paper says.
"In this age of wireless Internet and mobile e-mail devices, having an effective meeting or working session is becoming more and more difficult," Todd Wilken, a design company employee, writes, according to the paper."Laptops, Blackberries, Sidekicks, iPhones and the like keep people from being fully present. Aside from just being rude, partial attention generally leads to partial results."
Since his company barred the devices, Wilken says "our meetings got a lot more productive."
Is it rude to tap away during meetings?
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