Don't ignore a problem by using filters
Email is an amazing async channel, I simply love it but as all things, too much of it end up as a productivity killer!
The are several rules I apply when sending emails:
- TO - Include people that have actions items (AI)
- CC - People that really should be aware (this is not nice to have)
- BCC - usually when I reply and reduce participants, I include removed people in BCC to be aware and have option to return
I consider my INBOX as a true driver for work and knowledge which means i usually aim to have 0 unread inbox.
To achieve this when i get an email that has one of the following, than i work with the sender to better understand or ask politely to remove me:
- I am in the TO without AI
- I am in the CC without a need to be aware
I don't use email filter since I found that they hide the true problem of getting email that I should have not gotten
Every time i find my self marking an email as read without reading or deleting it - i ask the question "Should I really get such email"?
Example of useless emails from my view
- CC list on all changes in a repo
- CC on every build that occurs that i didn't trigger
- Seeing group of reviewer for one code change without clear ownership of who does what
Do you relate to it?
Any suggestion you can suggest ?
Don't ignore a problem by using filters
Reviewed by Ran Davidovitz
on
6:01 AM
Rating:
No comments:
Post a Comment