Meeting culture
Decision Meetings Without a Deck: Forty Tests in One Quarter
Forty decision meetings ran without slides, and the median time to a decision fell from 46 minutes to 19. The…
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Agendas, standups and the recurring calls that earn their slot.
Meeting culture
The Meeting That Became a Document: A Weekly Review Test
A weekly review meeting consumed 75 minutes of eight people's time and generated 3 action items, of which 1.2 on…
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One-to-Ones Across Time Zones: Thirty Minutes Every Fortnight
Managers who held a fortnightly 30-minute one-to-one had 41 percent fewer unplanned escalations than managers who held them monthly, across…
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Agenda Ownership: What Changed When the Requester Wrote It
Of 38 meetings held in a month, 9 had a written agenda, and 7 of those 9 ended with a…
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The Quarterly Meeting Audit: Cutting 6 of 19 Recurring Calls
Nineteen recurring meetings appeared on the average calendar, and six of them had not produced a documented outcome in the…
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Camera On or Off: What Four Weeks of Switching Changed
In a four-week trial across 61 calls, cameras were on for 78 percent of participant-minutes in week one and 31…
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The Retros That Stopped Producing Actions: Rebuilding a Monthly Ritual
Four consecutive retrospectives produced 37 sticky notes and 2 completed actions. The team had a ritual with no output, and…
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Standup Duration and Decision Rate: Cutting 14 Minutes to 6
Twelve people attended a standup that lasted 14 minutes and produced 0.8 decisions per session, measured over three weeks. The…