My Favourite Tip: Free yourself from meetings with Gitlab’s Darren Murph

Do you have Zoom fatigue? What if you could cut your meetings down by 50%?

Gitlab’s head of Remote, Darren Murph, believes time spent face-to-face is precious and should be reserved for informal communication and team bonding. So he’s created a four-step barrier to scheduling a meeting that means only the most important meetings make it onto his calendar. 

By preferencing documentation over meetings Murph has made his virtual meetings dramatically more effective. 

You can find the full interview here: GitLab’s Head of Remote, Darren Murph, on how to create corporate culture when no one works from the office

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Host: Amantha Imber

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