Next to the agenda can be a list of agreed rules, norms, running rules for the meeting. If somebody's violating those incontinuity, you at least have something to then say like, well, you're kind of violating the rules of the game here. So I would prefer if you didn't come unless you can comply. And it's a lot easier to do that as a facilitator.
What exactly is OS coffee? It’s a specific meeting structure we use to explore topics related to our operating system (a.k.a. our OS). But OS coffee isn’t meant to be a formal, note-taking, let’s-finally-get-to-agreement-on-X kind of deal; rather, it’s about making space for different subjects to emerge and to do some shared sensemaking. In fact, it’s so casual that it’s less like a meeting and more like a gathering.
In this caffeinated episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans break down how to OS coffee, including:
- How to keep OS coffee conversations informal yet impactful
- How to ground the gathering in a “Yes, and…” headspace
- How to stand one up inside your own system without it feeling like mandatory fun
- How to use default agreements to create new group norms
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