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That's the trouble. Our boss loves talking to real people and hates reading. I'm thinking about cargo-culting Amazon's "Everyone has to read this before the me
by ReactiveJelly 5y ago
That's the trouble. Our boss loves talking to real people and hates reading.
I'm thinking about cargo-culting Amazon's "Everyone has to read this before the meeting" or maybe just preparing a statement like, "This is my status update, plus type your questions out and don't interrupt me, this will take exactly 90 seconds..."
- stornetn 5y agoAmazon’s policy is even better than that (IMO). They know that no one reads things before meetings, so it’s accepted that everyone will quietly read for the first part of the meeting (as much as half the total meeting duration). Then (and only then) when everyone has finished reading the same material does anyone speak up to ask questions or share input. Saves a lot of time in meetings, although it adds a lot of time in preparing documents. I suspect it probably nets out to positive time savings and am confident it results in more informed decision-making. Source: I’m an Amazon employee
- gwbas1c 5y ago> Saves a lot of time in meetings, although it adds a lot of time in preparing documents. I suspect it probably nets out to positive time savings I pretty much won't take a meeting without some kind of prep work from the organizer. Otherwise, the meeting is just a form of procrastination.
- gnicholas 5y ago> They know that no one reads things before meetings Does anyone ever read the thing, realize they have no relevant feedback or other reason to be in the meeting, and just get up and leave?
- WaxProlix 5y agoNot that i've seen, no.