[caseyohara]

Where I work, every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon everyone in the office closes their computer for 30 minutes of coordinated "no computer time". People are free to go for a walk, grab coffee or chat with someone about what they are working on.

Most often, however, it ends up being small groups of people around a few chalkboards talking through new ideas. Some of our best ideas have spawned from these 30-minute sessions, and quite often the ideas start flowing and an hour later we realize "no computer time" has long since been over.

[mcdougle]

I like this idea a lot. Reminds me of some of the team projects I did in school. It also seems a lot more productive than all of those pointless corporate meetings...