A true story about a chair

Written by Lois Kelly on April 10, 2008 – 9:31 am -

Patrick Schaber over at The Lonely Marketer has a beautiful post about his friend Jill who put two chairs in the middle of a busy corporate campus and sat down to listen to anyone who had something to say. Needless to say there was a line of people waiting to talk and be heard. This is one of the more innovative employee communications strategies I’ve heard in a long time. No technology. Just real listening among people. Thanks for sharing Patrick!


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