Subj : Project Meetings
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Wed Dec 06 2023 10:21:04

  Re: Project Meetings
  By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Dec 06 2023 01:03 pm

 Ni> One of my pet peeves is being stuck in meetings too long when I have work
 Ni> I'd rather be making progress on - especially if the meetings are set up
 Ni> by the same people who asked us to do the work, and especially if the
 Ni> meetings go longer than they were supposed to.

There was a point in time when I was the only person managing corporate systems for an e-commerce company. I got pulled into all of the management meetings, even though very few applied to me. At one point it was over 20 hours of my work week.

I was listening to a podcast where the guest (the founders of 37Signals, the makers of Basecamp) were talking about their philosophy regarding meetings. They commented that you only recall a couple of meetings that were significant.

I thought about a project manager I worked with in the 90s who ran a meeting like a machine. He started every meeting on time, brought people in, got their input and excused them when they were no longer needed. In and out.

I strive to run my meetings like his.
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