The hosts discuss the pitfalls of modern meetings, from status meetings to leader dominance. They offer tools to create meaningful meetings. Learn about the benefits of huddles for collaboration. Explore strategies for improving meeting participation and productivity, including 'Make Stuff Time' and experimentation.
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Pandemic Impact on Meetings
The pandemic worsened the quality of virtual meetings by removing non-verbal communication and casual interactions.
These elements are key for building relationships and understanding.
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Meetings as Lowest Common Denominator
Meetings are the easiest way to visibly move work forward, but they often lack proper structure and intent.
This leads to confusion, wasted time, and ultimately unproductive discussions.
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Performative Status Meetings
Status meetings, intended for information sharing and accountability, often become performative.
This results in neither genuine information exchange nor effective accountability.
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It seems everybody’s up in arms about meetings these days. “There’s too many! They ones we have suck! We have meetings to prepare for other meetings! They keep me from doing my actual job!” We get it, and we hear you. In fact, between BNW and our current show, we’ve devoted 9 episodes to meetings! What more could there be to say in a tenth?
Turns out, a ton. There’s so much intertwined with modern meeting culture that we’re often doomed to failure before we even get in the room. From the trap of the status meeting to leaders hogging all the stage time, Rodney and Sam dissect where most meetings go wrong and give you the tools to rewrite the script for how to start holding meetings that matter.
If you’re looking to make your next meeting better, make it a huddle! Learn more about how huddles can bring side-by-side collaboration and creativity to your remote teams at Slack.com.
Interested in learning more about Depthfinding and the ocean framework? Head here.
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