Joep Schuurkes
@j19sch
making meetings work
my slides are available at
j19sch.github.io/my-talks/
we struggle with meetings
how bad is it really?
Simple Sabotage: Field Manual (CIA)
Pointless work meetings
'really a form of therapy'
BBC News, 15 November 2019
we know how to do meetings
If a meeting is essential, it will have an agenda. It will have minutes. It will have a list of action items, and someone will manage them so that people are accountable for their action items.
Modern Management Made Easy
Johanna Rothman
and there's plenty more
remote meetings by Esther Derby
IDOARRT meeting design tool
research summary by Ethan Mollick
twitter advice thread by @tef_ebooks
notes on effective meetings by Daniel Carral
more techniques
is not the solution
what is a meeting?
synchronous collaboration
with a purpose
you already do this
daily stand-up
retrospective
brainstorm session
With Mob Programming, our entire day is a working meeting, and more like a workshop than a meeting. We are working together, not merely “meeting”.
Mob Programming
Woody Zuill and Kevin Meadows
Daily Ensemble Session
with Elizabeth, Lisi, Simon and me
Wednesday 16:40 - 17:55
Thursday 15:35 - 16:50
so problem solved?
heuristic
to see what's going on
to define experiments
more explaining
is not the solution
meetings are something
that happens to us
to metamorphize - for a little while - from mere attendants at a meeting into
vibrant participants in an evolving endeavor
Orbiting The Giant Hairball
Gordon Mackenzie
No More Feedback
Carol Sanford
three core capabilities
internal locus of control
external scope of considering
personal source of agency
leadership
creating an environment
where everyone can contribute
to solving the problem
Jerry Weinberg
start where you are
as an individual
as a team
as an organization
time
25 or 50 minute meeting
decline a meeting
suggest a break
leave the meeting
structure
ask to zoom in
write/draw and share
ask for a document upfront
move a chair, open a window
people
amplify others
give credit
express appreciation
small things done consistently
beat any grand changes
