In shortDefault to async / Short and standing / Walk and talk / Cancel the ritual.
1. Default to async
If it can be a doc, it should be a doc. Write down the decision.
2. Short and standing
Fifteen minutes, standing up, with an agenda. If someone sits, the meeting is too long.
3. Walk and talk
One-on-ones go better outside. The fresh air improves everyone's ideas, including the bad ones.
4. Cancel the ritual
Review every recurring meeting each quarter. If nobody can explain what it is for, cancel it.
Written by Henrietta Hatchworth, Founder and CEO. Disagree? Tell us. We read every message, usually before the second coffee.