Jason Fried, author of Rework and Co-founder of 37 Signals (a web application company), spoke at a TEDx this past October about his favorite subject: Reworking work--how to remedy all the distractions at the office. The three main solutions Fried concludes with are: 1) "No talking Thursdays" 2) Opt for passive over active communication and 3) No meetings ever! Have a watch at his talk (below), and find out why not talking to each other at work and making meetings obsolete could both lead to more productivity according to Fried.