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Generally I do agree, but would add a “how do we want to change?” to your question of “how did we fail?” A lot (not all) of real deep problem solving and innova
by thesumofall 9y ago
Generally I do agree, but would add a “how do we want to change?” to your question of “how did we fail?” A lot (not all) of real deep problem solving and innovating requires face time and more than 2 people
- marcus_holmes 9y agoI keep trying this, but every time I have a meeting with more than 2 people, I get bad results. The introverts don't speak up. The people with the most to lose/gain get loud. The biggest personalities get heard, not the best ideas. I've vowed to never do a brainstorm meeting again. I'll do 3454353498890 one-on-ones to shop ideas around and iterate on them until everyone agrees.
- neffy 9y agoInterestingly, this is exactly how the Japanese tend to do things.
- walshemj 9y agoThen you need to be more active in managing the meeting and ask the introverts to speak - I am assuming you are in charge of the meeting here
- marcus_holmes 9y ago"hey you, the quiet one in the corner! Stop being so shy and tell this big loud arrogant idiot why he's wrong to his face!" I exaggerate, but introvert friends tell me this is what they're hearing when they're encouraged to speak up in group meetings.
- walshemj 9y agowell you normally start doing this in less pressured environments. I have when in charge of a high pressure shareholder meeting told the company founder to stop talking and took another speaker - after the meeting the founder said I was right to do so
- comstock 9y agoRight, but you can certainly grab a couple of people and go for coffee. Or chat on Slack, or email. It’s just having to explicitly set up a meeting means something has gone wrong in my opinion.