Summary of David Burkus's Under New Management

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#1 The CEO of the France-based technology company Atos SE, Thierry Breton, announced that he was banning email. In three years’ time, he wanted Atos to be an email-zero company. He believed that the volume of emails was polluting his employees’ working environments and their personal lives.

#2 Atos, a French company, tried to eliminate email usage in order to improve collaboration. They bought another software firm called BlueKiwi and used its technology to build their own social network for the entire enterprise.

#3 Many leaders, including Thierry Breton, Phil Libin, and Jay Simons, have banned email to help their employees stay productive and stress-free.

#4 The experiment showed that employees were more focused and less stressed when they couldn’t use email. They noticed this effect, and consistently reported feeling more relaxed and focused, as well as more productive, when their email was shut off.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822522978

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The CEO of the France-based technology company Atos SE, Thierry Breton, announced that he was banning email. In three years’ time, he wanted Atos to be an email-zero company. He believed that the volume of emails was polluting his employees’ working environments and their personal lives.

#2

Atos, a French company, tried to eliminate email usage in order to improve collaboration. They bought another software firm called BlueKiwi and used its technology to build their own social network for the entire enterprise.

#3

Many leaders, including Thierry Breton, Phil Libin, and Jay Simons, have banned email to help their employees stay productive and stress-free.

#4

The experiment showed that employees were more focused and less stressed when they couldn’t use email. They noticed this effect, and consistently reported feeling more relaxed and focused, as well as more productive, when their email was shut off.

#5

There is evidence that limiting email checking to certain times of the day is just as effective as banning it completely.

#6

email can be extremely distracting, and can actually reduce our productivity. It can increase our stress, and cut back on our ability to focus on the present job.

#7

Some companies