2. Consider making meetings open / voluntary.
Share information about the meeting on a website.
Let anyone be able to participate.
Example: http://www.meetup.com/
http://www.mixhackathon.org/hackathon/contribution/all-meetings-default-open
http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00278?pg=all
3. Invite expert contributors to come and
present a point of view without attending
the entire meeting.
Pittampalli, Al: Read this before our next meeting, location 595.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/strategy/taking_the_bias_out_of_meetings
4. Once you've got 7 people in a decision-making
group, each additional member reduces
decision effectiveness by 10%.
https://hbr.org/2014/06/yes-you-can-make-meetings-more-productive
http://web.hbr.org/email/archive/dailystat.php?date=092810
5. In decision-making meetings, invite only the
people who are necessary for resolving
the decision that has been presented.
Sources
http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-how-larry-page-changed-meetings-at-google-after-taking-over-last-spring-2012-1
https://hbr.org/2013/12/the-seven-imperatives-to-keeping-meetings-on-track/
http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/podcasts/ciscocast_morten_hansen_110909.html
6. Should you attend the meeting?
https://hbr.org/2015/04/all-the-charts-tables-and-checklists-you-need-to-conduct-better-meetings
7. If you choose to attend a meeting, you must be
1. contributing.
2. learning.
The law of 2 feet
http://www.inc.com/chuck-blakeman/great-companies-are-making-all-meetings-optional.html
8. Using the word “money” instead of “time” when you
schedule your week, you’ll be more careful about
whether to spend your time in meetings or not.
Every time someone called a meeting, designer Will
Wright charged the person a dollar.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204642604577215013504567548.html
https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Governance/Leadership/Why_good_bosses_tune_in_to_their_people_2656
9. Hi Ben, I reviewed the meeting agenda you published.
Thank you for involving me. For the following 3 reasons,
I do not feel qualified to participate:
Adapted from
Pittampalli, Al: Read this before our next meeting, location 612.
10. Based on the information in the invitation, it looks
like this meeting is for informational purposes.
Would it be possible to get a summary sent out
rather than convening a meeting?
https://hbr.org/2016/05/polite-ways-to-decline-a-meeting-invitation
