This is my second post in a row about meetings, which is unusual because I am a telecommuter who can happily work all day without seeing a living soul. When I am asked to participate in a corporate meeting I am often struck by the massive waste of time and energy that ensues. There are a lot of strategies for running more efficient meetings, but one of the best ideas I have heard of in a while comes from the OrganizingLA Blog:
Because the meetings were so long, someone on the team suggested we institute "stand up meetings." Instead of sitting at a traditional conference table, we took the chairs out of the room and ran meetings while standing on our feet. Well, the length of the meetings DRASTICALLY dropped, because people didn't want to stand for long. Meetings went from 30-60 minutes to roughly 1/2 of that while still delivering meaty content. Neat, huh?
Neat indeed.
OrganizingLA Blog: Stand Up Meetings - Lose the Chairs and Save Time (via LifeHacker)