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Tactic: Rethink Digital Communication and Meetings

Tactic sort: Awesome Tactic
Type: Software Practice
Category: socially-centred-practices
Tags: energy-footprint  management 

Title

Rethink Digital Communication and Meetings

Description

Avoid excessive use of synchronous communication like online meetings and instant messaging by prioritizing need based exchanges. Reduce unnecessary emails and meetings, especially those with unclear purpose or redundant updates.

Participant

Hybrid employees

Related software artifact

< unknown >

Context

Online communication

Software feature

< unknown >

Tactic intent

To lower communication overload and reduce energy consumption by encouraging minimal digital interactions. This also enables healthier boundaries, supports offline socialization, and contributes to better quality of life by preventing burnout and improving overall emotional well-being

Target quality attribute

Digital footprint

Other related quality attributes

Quality of life

Measured impact

< unknown >

Source

Maël Madon, Patricia Lago (2023) “We are Always on, is That Really Necessary?” Exploring the Path to Digital Sufficiency in Flexible Work (DOI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10292170)


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  • Contact person
  • Patricia Lago (VU Amsterdam)
  •  disc at vu.nl
  •  patricialago.nl

The Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics (AADT) is an initiative of the Digital Sustainability Center (DiSC). It received funding from the VU Amsterdam Sustainability Institute, and is maintained by the S2 Group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Initial development of the Archive of Awesome and Dark Tactics by Robin van der Wiel