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I would refuse to go to any meeting where I was asked to talk and then had someone counting down from 15 the second I started. I understand why you're doing it,

by lojack 9y ago

I would refuse to go to any meeting where I was asked to talk and then had someone counting down from 15 the second I started. I understand why you're doing it, but it comes off as rude and demeaning to me. My stand ups are time boxes at 15 minutes total, and the person running the meeting cuts it off at 15 minutes even if people haven't had a chance to talk. If you have something to say you don't have to cram it in 15 seconds, but often people just pass. It only takes a few meetings going over 15 minutes for habits to adjust.

iamatworknow 9y ago
>I would refuse to go to any meeting where I was asked to talk and then had someone counting down from 15 the second I started. I understand why you're doing it, but it comes off as rude and demeaning to me Like a parent counting down before you're put in time out.
dkhenry 9y ago
the countdown is necessary because its rude and demeaning for someone to take up everyone time by talking longer then they should. In a perfect world we all agree to the rules and follow them, but like you said even at 15 minutes someone has to cut everyone else off. Its the same principle applied at a different level. You time box the whole meeting and someone is rude and disbands it before everyone has talked, or you time box each person and everyone gets a chance to talk. In an environment where you have a mix of strong personalities and more introspective people the folks who are more soft spoken will be drown out if you don't specifically allot them time to talk. At least that has been my experience
- lojack 9y ago
  It's the counting down part I consider to be rude and demeaning. In addition to that I feel like it encourages people to cram as much as they can into as little time as possible, which kind of defeats the purpose. The goal of time boxing in my opinion is to be a signal that you're doing something wrong. Realistically, you shouldn't ever hit the limit. The cutting off of individuals vs teams is something we could debate, and I'm not sure either of us would be right or wrong on. I see your point of strong vs soft spoken personalities, it's not something my team personally deals with so thats probably part of the reason more free form meetings work for us.

by lojack 9y ago

iamatworknow 9y ago

>I would refuse to go to any meeting where I was asked to talk and then had someone counting down from 15 the second I started. I understand why you're doing it, but it comes off as rude and demeaning to me Like a parent counting down before you're put in time out.

dkhenry 9y ago

the countdown is necessary because its rude and demeaning for someone to take up everyone time by talking longer then they should. In a perfect world we all agree to the rules and follow them, but like you said even at 15 minutes someone has to cut everyone else off. Its the same principle applied at a different level. You time box the whole meeting and someone is rude and disbands it before everyone has talked, or you time box each person and everyone gets a chance to talk. In an environment where you have a mix of strong personalities and more introspective people the folks who are more soft spoken will be drown out if you don't specifically allot them time to talk. At least that has been my experience

lojack 9y ago
It's the counting down part I consider to be rude and demeaning. In addition to that I feel like it encourages people to cram as much as they can into as little time as possible, which kind of defeats the purpose. The goal of time boxing in my opinion is to be a signal that you're doing something wrong. Realistically, you shouldn't ever hit the limit. The cutting off of individuals vs teams is something we could debate, and I'm not sure either of us would be right or wrong on. I see your point of strong vs soft spoken personalities, it's not something my team personally deals with so thats probably part of the reason more free form meetings work for us.