Put Down the Smartphone and Pick Up a Pencil

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Description:  Put down that smartphone; pick up that pencil. Employees are being encouraged by their companies to try visual note-taking to explain complicated concepts to colleagues and clients. Rachel Silverman explains on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images.

Source: Marketwatch – video report

Date: 04/24/2012

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/put-down-the-smartphone-and-pick-up-a-pencil/784F0652-2269-4061-A5CF-607A22F06B01

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the highlights of the report.
  • What do you think of these ideas?
  • How do you think management and employees would react to a guided shift over to non-technical devices?
  • Where would this shift make a great deal of sense?

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