Tell your attendees what it is that they are going to be asked to solve. Tell them that in a preliminary email Or two. Tell them that when they arrive In writing. In big letters. Maybe with some cartoons/graphics. (Perhaps not in rubbish videos with awful sound quality. #justsaying) Respect their intelligence and their time... Continue Reading →
Sequential Consensual Autophagous Meetings
First I will treat you as ego-fodder. You will sit in rows, or in a circle,and you will listen to me drone on and on about my hobby-horse du jour. I don’t care what you know about the topic. I don’t want to take time away from hearing my own voice to hear your perspectives.... Continue Reading →
Oh god, how hard IS IT, really? Meetings that don’t suck. #oldfartclimateadvice
Hi everyone, there's a lot of us in this room, and the tables aren't really helping. I know it is gonna take a minute, and the "Elf and Safety" types may be upset, but I want to spend one of our precious 57 remaining minutes stacking the tables against the wall and making a circle... Continue Reading →