Some engineers develop a strong point of view that meetings are a waste of their time. There’s good reason for that perspective, as many meetings are quite bad, but it’s also a bit myopic: meetings can also be an exceptionally valuable part of a well-run organization. If you’re getting feedback that any given meeting isn’t helpful, then iterate on it, and consider pausing it for the time being. It may not be useful for your organization yet, but don’t give up on the idea of meetings.
Reaching Peak Meeting Efficiency
Meetings are undeniably the most important tool for build a high-performance team with shared values
It's time to kill the daily stand-up meeting
Daily stand-up meetings might be the quickest way to waste your time as a leader. Here's why a daily stand-up meeting doesn't work and what to do instead.
Status meetings are the scourge
Status meetings are the worst kinds of meetings. Eliminate them and you’ll actually know more, save a pile of money, and regain dozens of hours a month. A status meeting — sometimes called a s…
Reflector: Infrastructure for Meetings, by Greyhaven
Most organizations run on meetings. Strategy gets debated there. Decisions get made there. Context lives there. And yet...
Stop being awkward: 6 tips for better video meetings
Video conferencing etiquette is simpler than you think. Learn these tips and best practices to host (and participate in) better video meetings.
When moving fast, talking is the first thing to break
When you make speed and “moving fast” the biggest priority on a project or in an organization, the first thing to breakdown is talking to each other. Talking takes time. Consensus is expensive and slow. In a pressurized environment there’s no time to schedule calls, get input from subject matter experts, or resolve key differences of opinion. ASAP makes a big assumption that all relevant parties are already in the room.
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Agendas are a Power Tool
Making consent an agenda item One of the chapters of my career was working as a professional facilitator, running public engagement processes for governments and government agencies. In doing this work I got to spend an unusual amount of time considering, reviewing, and designing meetings of all sizes and with
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Hundreds of group facilitation activities for workshops, meetings and training sessions. Find the best team building activities, energisers, process facilitation and leadership development...
A Guide to Measuring Engineering Team Performance
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” While software development practices constantly change, there will always be a tier of truly top engineering teams who stand above…
Local First Meetup : Demos + Talks · Luma
For our third event, we would like to try and do an mini-conference or unconference activity. We are looking to have a few presenters with anything interesting…
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GDS weighs in on the NHS's decision to retreat from Open Source
Within the UK's Civil Service you occasionally hear the expression "being invited to a meeting without biscuits". It implies a rather frosty discussion without any of the polite niceties of a normal meeting. In general though, even when people have severe disagreements, it is rare for tempers to fray. It is even rarer for those internal disagreements to spill over into public. Which is what…
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