This is Jeffrey Steinke's TypePad Profile.
Join TypePad and start following Jeffrey Steinke's activity
Jeffrey Steinke
Recent Activity
I think you could take #4 (Make it Optional) a step further and even say "Decline Meetings". Not enough people decline meetings they shouldn't be in. Glad you also pointed out at the end that the solution isn't to not have meetings. Meetings are important, as long as they're run well.
I've incorporated many similar principles as yours in a meeting tool I built - www.LessMeeting.com. I'd love your feedback. Does it help you run your meetings better?
Commented Feb 20, 2012 on Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die at Coding Horror
Meetings: Where Work Goes to Die
How many meetings did you have today? This week? This month? Now ask yourself how many of those meetings were worthwhile, versus the work that you could have accomplished in that same time. This might lead one to wonder why we even have meetings at all. At GitHub we don't have meetings...
Jeffrey Steinke is now following The Typepad Team
Feb 20, 2012
Subscribe to Jeffrey Steinke’s Recent Activity
