Meeting Tokens, for creating time scarcity
Submitted by Merlin on October 19, 2007 - 8:16am.
My pal, Mike Monteiro, is making good on his idea to try giving his team Meeting Tokens.
Previously mentioned in this post about re-creating scarcity and, in more detail, in my IDEO talk.
Can’t wait to hear how it goes. I love me some scarcity.
Update, 2007-10-19 10:18 PT: Mike says he’s going to produce these as handsome wooden tokens that will soon be available for sale in sets on the Mule Feed Store.
Update 2007-10-20 14:52 PT: Mike adds “The Red Merlin” to the mix.
Each bag of meeting tokens will include ONE Red Merlin. It’s up to you to decide how it gets in someone’s hands.
Playing the Red Merlin ends ANY meeting on the spot. No questions. (Beware of retaliation though; play it to make allies, not to make enemies.)
I’m honored.
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Token employee
I love the idea of making my time worth something to my fellow co-workers. However, I think for large projects involving writers, designers, developers, marketers, management, etc. you will cook through all of your tokens very quickly just getting the project rolling.
I can also see management not putting up with the token restrictions. “I’m your boss, I don’t need to use a token to talk to you.”
Or am I just crazy?