meetings

“Meetings are not meant for updates. Meetings are not meant for status reports. Meetings are meant for two or multi-way communication. And if they don't have that, they're likely better off being an email form.”

“And finally, meetings are not for status updates. Those should be sent via email.”

“Three to five people attend a meeting to make an important decision that has cross organizational implications.”

“A meeting is a form of communication in a company that has the highest opportunity cost of time. So the bar should be super high for when you call a meeting.”

“And a one hour meeting with five people isn't a one hour meeting. That's so important to understand. It's a five hour meeting in terms of the trade off for all people that are in attendance.”

“Make meetings two thirds as long as you think they need to be. One of the worst practices is when a meeting goes the full time, just because that's what the calendar said. And we all do this in life. When we give ourselves a certain amount of time to finish a …”

“And I find meetings are oftentimes a lazy attempt to get something done. Something needs to be done, and the easiest thing to do is for you to just throw time on a calendar instead of just doing the thing now.”

“A meeting is a product and its customers are its attendees.”

“Meetings are also not for initial brainstorms. Those should be done independently and then shared over docs or email, and then you can come together to make a joint decision around that brainstorm via a meeting.”

“You should ask them three very simple questions, and these three questions will lead to information that will make your meetings way better over time. You should ask them if they think the meeting was a good use of their time. You should ask them if they think…”

“Lesson number two, make meetings two thirds as long as you think they need to be. One of the worst practices is when a meeting goes the full time, just because that's what the calendar said. And we all do this in life. When we give ourselves a certain amount o…”

“And I find meetings are oftentimes a lazy attempt to get something done. Something needs to be done, and the easiest thing to do is for you to just throw time on a calendar instead of just doing the thing now.”

“A meeting is a form of communication in a company that has the highest opportunity cost of time.”

“A meeting is a product and its customers are its attendees.”

“Memorializing the meeting is just as important as having the meeting itself.”