noise-canceling headsets

The Secret to Spending Less time in Meetings

By Visit Linkedin profile Holger Reisinger

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Want to spend less time in meetings – and more time actually working? Join the club. A startling new finding about today’s open office environment may help reduce the time we spend meeting with colleagues.

 

 Raise your hand if you’re a fan of today’s open office work environments.

Anyone?

From the gum-snapping colleague next to you to the blur of activity to the all-too-frequent “got-a-second?” interruptions, open offices are the places we love to loathe.

So it’s probably too much to ask for us to completely embrace this vast, teeming expanse of coworkers. But recent research does show that open offices may spare us an annoyance we find equally tiresome. Continue reading →

Small Business Week: Finger on the SMB Pulse

By Visit Linkedin profile Yves Dupuis

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Those owning or working for a SMB do truly exceptional work. And with more than half of Americans falling into this category, Small Business Week showcases and honors the efforts made by these people. But what makes SMB talents tick?

Jabra appreciates the contributions of this dynamic community and decided to join in the fun of this year’s Small Business Week. Throughout the week of April 30th, we conducted daily Twitter polls (@We_are_Jabra) to learn what inspires SMB workers. From where they concentrate best, to the tools they utilize and the challenges they face, we were treated to an eye-opening experience. Here are some of the key takeaways! Continue reading →

The Secret to Greater Productivity? It’s In the Cube.

By Visit Linkedin profile Holger Reisinger

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“O.K. Holger, I’ve found your New Ways of Working blogs highly interesting and even eye-opening at times. But I’m wondering…. Is this concept based on some kind of scientific theory – or is it something you just came up with?”

Amy W.

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I’ve been blogging about what we at Jabra call New Ways of Working for more than a year-and-a-half, and of the many questions and comments I’ve received, the one above really stood out. I appreciate honesty, and it’s one of the most to-the-point emails I’ve received since we started this journey!

So I thought I’d use this blog to explain the underlying framework behind New Ways of Working (yes, there is one, Amy!) and introduce a tool to help managers and knowledge workers plan their workdays for increased efficiency, productivity and job satisfaction.

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Noise cancellation in headsets: What exactly is it?

By Daniel Gniazdo

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If you’ve ever shopped for headsets or headphones, I bet you’ve heard the term “noise cancellation” used once or twice. I can also bet that you weren’t always quite sure what it meant. It’s not your fault: Depending on the context, noise cancellation can mean a number of things, and companies aren’t exactly consistent in how they use the term. Let’s try to unravel the riddle.

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First off, there are two broad types of noise cancellation – one in the microphone(s) and one in the headphones themselves. The first type helps the person on the other end of the line to hear your voice instead of the ruckus in the bar you’re calling from. The second type protects you – the wearer – so that you aren’t disturbed by that same bar noise.

Now let’s look at each one of them in a bit more detail. Continue reading →

Noise-cancelling headsets: How exactly do they work?

By Daniel Gniazdo

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You know that sound you hear when you walk onto a busy trade show floor? That loud, intense human buzzing? When you enter a busy contact center, you can hear the same thing. The difference is that when someone calls into that contact center, they don’t want to hear a trade show in the background. Enter noise-cancelling headsets.

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Let’s look at how this tech actually works, especially when it comes to noise-cancelling microphones. Continue reading →