Presence should be conditional
At the moment, presence is a bit like opening a christmas package to find some bits and a pot of glue.
And, there are pieces missing. Even when you’ve been using presence for a while, something just doesn’t feel right.
Here’s the thing -
I don’t care who you are (sorry mother), there are times when I don’t want to talk to you, at that moment.
Conversely, it might vary, depending on why you need to talk to me….I’m becoming a master of the obvious.
IF THEN EQUALS
So – presence ’status’ should be conditional upon what you want to talk to me about
Send an invitation to converse (I know that’s what a ringing phone is), but send it with the subject – and if you get an affirmative response, ‘WE’ can then go about deciding on the best method and time to do it.
By WE, of course I mean clever software that AUTOMATICALLY detects when we both can and would do it.
The only additional fluff could be with the level of urgency, or importance – I’m not sure which, but probably the latter – to be attached by both the invitee and respondee to the subject, and that should be 1,2,3 or maybe 4.
The final requirement is that when we do get to speak, all of the items we’ve hitherto agreed to speak about are listed on a screen, which means we can make notes and either tick them off or agree to invite someone else into the subject.
The lower the combined importance numbers, the higher in the list the subject goes.
You know what, it makes much more sense than ‘ringing’ someone without knowing beforehand whether its a good subject, or time.
I do have deja vu at this point. So maybe this is something I’ve already seen – but if so, then it needs more publicity so that I can remember it better…..so link back here.
I’m minded of the following.
Albert Einstein quote – If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y plus Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut
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