At Work with The Ready

12. Breaking the Cycle of Meeting-ocrity

Jun 10, 2024

The hosts discuss the pitfalls of modern meetings, from status meetings to leader dominance. They offer tools to create meaningful meetings. Learn about the benefits of huddles for collaboration. Explore strategies for improving meeting participation and productivity, including 'Make Stuff Time' and experimentation.

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Encourage active participation by focusing on full attention in meetings.

Integrate work tasks during meetings to foster collaboration and productivity.

Leverage AI tools for efficient communication and sharing of meeting outcomes.

Deep dives

Active Participation in Meetings

Encourage active participation in meetings by focusing on full attention and intention during meetings. Experiment with fully engaging in the meeting rather than multitasking, which can lead to more meaningful contributions and interactions.

Deliberate and Productive Meetings

01:44

Small Consistent Improvements Lead to Transformation

01:35

Redesigning Meetings for Productivity

01:40

Embrace Doing Work in Meetings

02:00

Intro

2min

Navigating the World of Organizational Meetings

20min

Redefining Meeting Structures for Inspiration and Success

17min

Exploring the Advantages of Using Slack's Huddle Feature for Meetings

2min

Exploring the Versatile Features of Slack's Huddle Tool

2min

Improving Meetings through Individual Ownership and Attention

3min

Improving Work Meetings through 'Make Stuff Time' and Experimentation

10min

It seems everybody’s up in arms about meetings these days. “There’s too many! They ones we have suck! We have meetings to prepare for other meetings! They keep me from doing my actual job!” We get it, and we hear you. In fact, between BNW and our current show, we’ve devoted 9 episodes to meetings! What more could there be to say in a tenth?

Turns out, a ton. There’s so much intertwined with modern meeting culture that we’re often doomed to failure before we even get in the room. From the trap of the status meeting to leaders hogging all the stage time, Rodney and Sam dissect where most meetings go wrong and give you the tools to rewrite the script for how to start holding meetings that matter.

If you’re looking to make your next meeting better, make it a huddle! Learn more about how huddles can bring side-by-side collaboration and creativity to your remote teams at Slack.com.

Interested in learning more about Depthfinding and the ocean framework? Head here.

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Mentioned references

1:1 meetings: BNW Ep. 19 with Michael Bungay Stanier; AWWTR Ep. 4
retrospective meetings: BNW Ep. 10 with Jordan Husney
OS Coffee meetings: BNW Ep. 144
an operating rhythm of meetings: BNW Ep. 118
action meetings: BNW Ep. 80 with Sam Spurlin
"RACI episode": AWWTR Ep. 10

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At Work with The Ready

12. Breaking the Cycle of Meeting-ocrity

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Active Participation in Meetings

Incorporating Work into Meetings

Enhancing Transparency and Sharing

Experimenting with Meeting Structures

Optimizing Meeting Times

Deliberate and Productive Meetings

Small Consistent Improvements Lead to Transformation

Redesigning Meetings for Productivity

Embrace Doing Work in Meetings

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts