There are few indications of how broken an office communications culture is than emails titled “PLEASE STOP AND READ THIS MESSAGE.” There was a time when Email was to office communications as Democracy was to government — “the worst… except for all the others.”

That’s not true anymore. There are better ways to communicate, collaborate, and work together. Choosing good ones and encouraging the adoption of them can really change the character and nature of your work-place. Give it a try.