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At a recent lunch, someone on the marketing team at a major legal tech software company asked me what I thought would be the next “big thing” in social media and communication. My instinct was to say Slack. Slack, if you do not already know, is a messaging app for teams and one of the fastest growing communication platforms. The idea behind Slack, in a nutshell, is to provide a synchronous messaging app that is designed for 2016, unlike email which is designed for 1999.
And, if you do a Google search for “Lawyers use Slack,” you will find a plethora of articles simply singing hosannas to Slack. And, to be fair, I have spoken with startup CEOs I respect who swear by Slack, claiming that the constant chatter between team members has played a significant role in shaping their company’s culture. The primary value adds are that (1) Slack is powerfully searchable, (2) it reduces the clutter inside email inboxes, and (3) it facilitates constant contact between people on teams and thereby increases transparency.
Here is my question: even if all that is true, will Slack actually make you more productive?
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