by Sharon Florentine

10 reasons to encourage workplace distractions

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Jan 13, 2016
CIOCollaboration SoftwareSmall and Medium Business

Face-to-face interactions are increasingly important in a digital world, and can positively impact your business. Here's why you should encourage some ‘workplace distractions.’

Reasons to encourage workplace distractions

Why IT leadership shouldn’t be that concerned about workplace distractions

In today’s digital world, face-to-face interactions often take a backseat to texts, messaging and app-enabled communication (think Slack or Hipchat). But encouraging employees to make small talk, chat around the water cooler or in the break room, and swap celebrity gossip over their cubicle walls can actually benefit your business. Here’s how.