How we handle the trickle, tide or torrent of emails is a key part of our personal productivity.

But is all that about to change? From social networking technologies like National Field to the head of French consulting firm ATOS stating they will not use internal emails at all in 3 years, people are seeing the way to speed the absorption and management of information from outside of the inbox.

One thing…do you see your email life as work or a distraction? Fun or a threat?

Maybe it depends on the work you do (a nurse vrs a communications manager; an electrician or a CEO)?

Maybe the solution depends on

1) The scale of the problem for you – one person was complaining to me last week they had 10 emails a day…and most of those didn’t need much time to sort

2) Your personality – some love their online persona’s (possibly too much!)

3) Your web connectivity at work –social networking required decent connectivity

4) And the devices you prefer – iPhones are relatively poor for handling email, but better for networked solutions

Tags: behaviour, management