> When we had meetings he would unprompted send out lists of everything we had discussed, along with links and useful information. This has been a practice of

> When we had meetings he would unprompted send out lists of everything we had discussed, along with links and useful information. This has been a practice of mine for a long time now. A boss of mine once told me “the guy taking notes will never have any sway in the conversation, you’re handicapping yourself”, and I said something like “the guy taking notes actually knows what’s going on, though”. He wasn’t very receptive at first, but it stuck, and he actually began to use me as a reference to know what was going on. I love talking to people and keeping tabs on what’s up. Teams tend to be awful at it, but it’s no specific person’s fault. Making a point of doing it is like a relatively inexpensive super power. You can help your coworkers a lot, and you rarely end up doing unnecessary work. That’s one of my favourite parts I think; I really can’t stand wasting my or other people’s time. I think my boss was wrong, too. When you’ve got a good grasp on what’s going on, you’re in a far better position to weigh in after initial conversations. I’d prefer to hear people out and only interject if I see obvious issues with their ideas. Otherwise I’ll just listen.