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Culture Catalyst #39

Open bennolen opened 8 years ago

bennolen commented 8 years ago

Problem

Various new people come and go frequently and we don't know who's a pizza delivery guy and who's someone we should really be on the look for. Indeed, as a whole we should be open and energetic with everyone, but that's just not reality. We need a way to communicate to the staff to be on the look out for someone in particular, as a special reminder to prompt people to be more engaging and active, perhaps than they otherwise might be that day.

Proposal

We could get really elaborate, but let's start simple. We could strategically place a handful of Wifi LEDs throughout the office. When lit, be on the look out. As time goes on and more sophistication becomes necessary, we could have color-coded meanings. We could eventually communicate simple ideas to people quickly just via lights in the office. Certainly, we could grow ever more sophisticated and eventually graduate out of light bulbs and into something with more information, for example TV monitors. The latter might lose focus of the point of simplicity, it also would communicate ideas to outsiders. However, a great place for a TV would be in the entrance lobby where we could welcome the distinguished guest.

ehumes commented 8 years ago

Love it!

s1037989 commented 8 years ago

What I really like about this idea of yours is that it's like among the first ideas that start to build that "Silicon Valley" edge that I think we all admire and generally aspire to. I guess what I mean is this: it's probably the first idea that would be PR-worthy, that would get sent around the social medias and talked about in blogs and articles.

I think this is hugely what is so important about KIL. To do things that generate buzz! Montez had a really cool idea a long time ago (nothing new, just a reference to something existing) about putting up Kindles as conference room schedulers (#40). It'd be tied into Google Calendar and show the booking status of the room. You could see when a room would be occupied next, you could reserve it on the fly if it's open. Moreover, such a tool would help us to more religiously use the resource scheduling ability in Cal so that we stop having overlaps. And, of course, it just looks super cool.

Let's generate some PR-buzz!