Problem: Your meetings are ineffective and waste a lot of time and resources. Decisions take way too long to get made. Solution: Implement the Modern Meeting Standard. If you haven’t heard about it yet, the latest best selling book on Amazon is Al Pittampalli’s, Read This Before Our Next Meeting. And it is taking the [...]
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13 Aug
Entertain with Video
Problem: There’s not enough fun and entertainment in your work environment. Solution: Create an entertaining video that people will talk about. Now, I’m not talking about something with song and dance in it (although that might not be a bad idea), I’m just saying that you need to be a little creative in assembling a [...]
27 Apr
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 5 (diagram the conversation)
Problem: During a meeting, some people can talk and talk and talk, and easily get off subject, causing you to go down ‘bunny trails’ (as they call them) of thought that aren’t relevant to the conversation. This wastes time and tires the minds of those forced to listen. Solution: At the begining of a meeting [...]
20 Apr
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 4 (rearrange room)
Problem: Not every one participates in your meetings. People get comfortable in their favorite seats. Your group needs a change. Solution: Rearrange the chairs in your meeting room. There’s probably that guy who always sits in the back so he can get away with not saying anything. Or there are only the few who are engaged because [...]
14 Apr
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 3 (start times)
Problem: People are late for your meeting. They usually wander in 5 minutes late, using some excuse that their previous meeting ran late. Solution: Start your meeting 5 or 10 minutes later, after the hour or usual start time. Then actually start the meeting exactly at that time. At school there was always some kind [...]
8 Apr
Mix Up Your Meetings – part 1 (Darkness)
Problem: Your meetings are boring, painful, and woefully dreaded. Solution: Create excited anticipation for the meetings you organize by mixing them up with a creative twist. Do something completely unexpected and off-the-wall so that they are fun and memorable, or at least eagerly anticipated because people don’t know what you’re going to pull next. Since I could [...]
