Whoa, a non-tech company that gets tech
I just started today at Ritter Insurance Marketing doing IT work, and I’ll just come right out and say it - I’m totally flabbergasted. This company knows how to embrace technology.
They are equipping every employee with dual monitors, realizing that two workspaces ultimately allows work to be done more efficiently. They are also hooking employees up with wireless keyboards and mice - less cords make a world of difference as far as I’m concerned. They have a Jabber server installed and each employee has a Jabber client installed on their machine. Every employee is on each other’s buddy list, allowing communication to be quick and silent. This eliminates shouting across the office, buzzing through on speakerphone or actually interrupting someone in person.
If you are looking to make your office more efficient, take some notes from this company, but lend an ear to a few more of my suggestions.
- Migrate from Exchange/Outlook to Google Apps for Domains. Email and calendars accessible absolutely anywhere, no VPN required. Google hosts it for free. How can you beat that?
- Reach out to the world. Start a company blog, interact with your industry on social networking sites, take a video camera around your office and upload the video to YouTube. It is undeniable that most people would rather deal with humans than with a faceless empire, given the choice.
- 20% time. I’m a big fan of this Google idea. Basically, one day out of a week, an employee can work on whatever they choose. I know this is more useful to a software company, but there is a ton of upside to all kinds of businesses adopting it. It is never a bad thing to get an employee brainstorming. Great things can happen.
I doubt many companies will adopt 20% time, but hey, worth a shot. 
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