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Topless, yes... but try chair-less tooTopless meetings for team focus? By: Merlin Mann (42 replies) March 25, 2008 - 8:04am
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Topless, yes... but try chair-less too
On one recent project (six months, ten people), we held daily status meetings topless… but with the additional rigor of NO CHAIRS.
The idea was to make the meeting fast: say what you need to say, then shut up, because we’re wasting time in this stupid meeting, and it’s uncomfortable to be standing for a long time.
Nobody gives a shit about your weekend (in the context of the status meeting).
Important stuff was recorded on a whiteboard, and transcribed later for distribution.
It worked pretty well.