What?s the single, powerful, practical idea (SPPI)?How any team or work unit can challenge the "always on" work ethic and create new and betterways of working togetherDescription:We are 'on' a lot. Being connected 24/7 to colleagues and clients gives us the freedom to workfrom anywhere, anytime. But the consequences of all this connectivity ?late-nightinterruptions, weekend emergencies, and that never-ending pressure to be 'on' ?can beexhausting, frustrating, and counterproductive. Worse, our organizations now expect us to be?always on? and ready to respond at the drop of a hat. But does it really have to be this way? Isthere a better way to work, one that doesn't require total connectivity all of the time?This book, based on Harvard Business School professor and ethnographer Leslie Perlow?s latestresearch, offers a radical, but simple, idea ?take disconnected time off ?and shows how anyone can work within their teams in new ways that don?t require everyone to be 'always on'.In Sleeping with your Blackberry, Perlow tells the story of how a simple experiment she initiatedat Boston Consulting Group (BCG) ? an elite, internally competitive and 'always on' organization ?unleashed a powerful process that changed the status quo.With step-by-step instructions for how others can replicate this process within their own teams,this book shows how team members or leaders can:- Create a collective experiment- Identify a collective goal- Establish the practices to make it work- Ensure leadership support- Hold team members? feet to the fire- Deal with resistance and outright hostility to the process- Share your results with others in your organizationSleeping with your Blackberry reveals the power we all have to change the norms and expectations that guide behavior in the workplace.About the author:Leslie Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the OrganizationalBehavior area at the Harvard Business School. She currently teaches in the Program forLeadership