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There's some very good advice here -- keep it informal, involve new people, try different seating arrangements and organizations -- but this quote really bother
by jdp23 16y ago
There's some very good advice here -- keep it informal, involve new people, try different seating arrangements and organizations -- but this quote really bothered me:
"If you're anything like this executive, you'd probably be glad to skip most of the meetings you're called to."
Not me. Most of the meetings I go to are extremely good uses of my time. Conversely if I don't think the meeting will be a good use of time, I usually find a way to avoid it (or multi-task during it).
- T_S_ 16y agoI sympathize, but if too many people are doing too much multitasking it would be a good idea to have the interested parties continue alone. Sometimes I see people claiming their seat at the table without contributing as a new mode of passive-aggressive behavior.
- jdp23 16y agoIt depends on the circumstances. Often a meeting will have multiple topics, and different people can be more or less engaged at different times. And often it's useful to have somebody around to answer questions if anybody comes up, but she or he isn't needed for most stuff being covered. In both of these cases multi-tasking can be very efficient. Of course as you say it can also be abused ...