the meeting disease
Meetings are a disease. They kill time, productivity, life, energy and people. They are almost always a symptom of lack of clear and visible ownership of tasks – which is a problem usually only solved by kicking someone’s ass or firing them.
Never ever arrange or attend a meeting with a group of people unless you absolutely have to. Decline every meeting possible. Instead, figure out what needs done and go do it. Or nominate someone to do it. Just go fucking do it. What’s the point of wasting an hour talking about it?
If you have to be in a meeting:
- don’t start without knowing what the intended outcome is
- have a list of every item that needs decisioned and/or actioned
- record the list of actions, who is responsible and when it’s going to be done by
- shut the meeting down as quickly as you can, especially if the above isn’t going to happen
Yip, sad news – you’re going to have to be the asshole who sets the outcome/action/decision stuff and walks out if it doesn’t happen. If this worries you, read a book about minimizing fear.
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