And I know that in a lot of tech companies, that is the case.

It's perfectly acceptable to come into a meeting and you got your laptop open and you're looking at things that have nothing to do with the meeting.

And then there are other places where that would be not acceptable at all.

And so that kind of goes back to when you're looking to hire people and to be able to describe your company culture as,

hey, we prioritize attention or we don't prioritize attention.

And that way people will know, oh, how do people behave here?

Hello, everyone.

I'm Geekwire co-founder John Cook and welcome to the Geekwire podcast.

We're coming to you from Seattle, where we

report each day on what's happening around us in technology, business, and innovation. What happens

here matters everywhere, and each week on the show, we talk about some of the most interesting

tech and business stories in the news. This week, we're talking to Dr. Julie Pham, an entrepreneur, former nonprofit executive,

an author of the new book, Seven Forms of Respect, A Guide to Transforming Your Communication

and Relationships at Work. Julie, welcome to the Geekwire podcast. Hi, John. Thank you so much

for having me. Yeah, it's always

great to catch up with you. I always learned something new when we're chatting. And I guess I just

want to start out. I mean, we can go in so many different directions today. But let's start out.

Tell us a little bit why you wrote this book. I wrote this book because I found that people

were really struggling with about what this word

respect means. I remember the moment that I came up with the idea for the book. I was on a panel

talking about leadership and someone in the audience was saying, you know, I'm really trying to get

someone to a coworker to trust me and they're just not and I don't know what to do.

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