At my place of employment, I am often the one who takes note. And I am ALWAYS the one looked to when someone has forgotten something and needs it quickly brought back to mind. So, a long time ago I started bringing my laptop to meetings. It allows me to take notes easily (my handwriting is horrific), it allows me to access the network to bring up documents and past meeting notes, and it allows me to schedule the next meeting, if it is needed. Plus, it allows my coworkers to easily contact me if there is a critical Production issue. It has often been a lifesaver. But this commetary claims that there is NO good reason to have a laptop at a meeting unless you are running a presentation off of it. In fact, he recommends requiring all attendees to close laptops before allowing the meeting to begin.
His core point? An open laptop means someone whose attention is not mentally there. Thus, they can't be giving their full attention to the meeting. And because they are in a meeting, they can't be giving their full attention to the laptop task, either. Two things done poorly are worse than only one done well.
What are Mod-Blog readers' opinions?
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