How can you Keep Meetings Focused, Interesting, and Solution-oriented?
3 Hacks to Increase Your Productivity
“Why am I here?” Jim asked the attendees in the meeting.
“What do you mean?” Joe, the meeting organizer asked.
“I have listened to everybody ranting about their job for 15 minutes. We are 10 people here. Why did you invite me? What do we want to achieve here? Having coffee? Or working on solving a problem?”, Jim insisted and thought it was a smart idea.
After having said that he realized those questions were stupid to ask. He could literally feel the negative energy building up towards him.
Jim was a new hire in the company.
He left a well-paid job for an even better-paid one at a new company. His career began at a company built on the principle of solving problems.
The board of directors followed Jeff Bezos' advice.
- Prepare the meetings well: The 6-page method.
- Invite only as many people as can be fed with two Pizzas: The Pizza method.
- Limit the time allotted to the meeting.
No, he didn't work at Amazon. Other companies take a similar principled approach, focusing strongly on moving the company forward towards…
