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MeetingsTopless meetings for team focus?Merlin Mann | Mar 25 2008When it’s hard to stay focused, try going ‘topless’ to meetings - San Jose Mercury News Our good pals over at Adaptive Path have been experimenting with banning laptops and other communication devices in meetings (something I’ve supported in the past). From today’s Mercury News:
[via Dan Saffer] The Question to YouHas your team tried some version of topless meetings? How did it work for you? Anybody tried it and given up? How did the meetings change without the toys being on? 42 Comments
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Meeting Tokens, for creating time scarcityMerlin Mann | Oct 19 2007My 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. read more » POSTED IN:
Field Reports: Guerrilla Office TacticsMerlin Mann | Oct 1 2007I’ve started collecting stories — some of which may be entirely apocryphal tall tales — of the purported lengths to which people are going to filter noise and to ensure that their time and attention aren’t ceded to bad ideas, thoughtless people, or garden-variety time burglars. Here’s a few of the more novel ones I’ve picked up. I’d also love to hear your favorites from amongst the cheats, tricks, and squirrely rules you’ve heard about: read more » POSTED IN:
Vox Pop: Re-creating scarcityMerlin Mann | Sep 27 2007I have a friend who told me he was thinking about giving his project managers a weekly pile of chips that could be redeemed for person-hours in meetings. So, to schedule firewalled, group face-time, the PM would need to cough up the equivalent number of tokens from her pile. Thus, one, long, all-hands meeting might require the whole week’s stack. While, fewer, shorter meetings with smaller groups made the pile go further. It was just an idea, and I’m pretty sure he never implemented it, but I think it’s a fascinating concept. Why? Because I love the idea of re-introducing scarcity into systems that lack boundaries. read more » POSTED IN:
Jeff Veen on simple tools, meetings, and leveraging the commuteMerlin Mann | Mar 19 2007POSTED IN:
Running More Productive MeetingsMerlin Mann | Feb 21 2006I very much enjoyed Ethan’s recent post about avoiding “vampire meetings” and thought I’d share a few of my own tips for getting the most out of your meetings — primarily from the perspective of being the organizer and facilitator. For the love of God, please respect your poor colleagues’ time. read more » POSTED IN:
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