There are also NO large meetings. Anyone can walk out of a ...

There are also NO large meetings. Anyone can walk out of a meeting if they're not contributing or don't feel they need to be there. According to Elon, small teams make quick and independent decisions. Look at the email he wrote to employees 👇 https://t.co/JTYpJP6aI6

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This approach can also be adapted for teams in the form of a related strategy that I call docket-clearing meetings. Like office hours, these meetings happen at the same times on the same days, each week. Unlike office hours, they’re attended by your entire team. During these sessions, your team churns through any pending tasks that require collabor

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

I recommend scheduling twenty-five- and fifty-minute meetings only

Matt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

Meetings and Decisions: 4 types of meetings, 1:1s, staff meetings, decision meetings, operating reviews. Clarify what type of meeting you are having. Make decisions by knowledge rather than position as much as possible and at as low of a level as possible.

Delian Asparouhov • Lessons From Keith Rabois Essay 3: How to Be an Effective Executive

At a deep level, meeting inflation is about the outdated expectation that all office work ought to be synchronous, or happening at the same time for everyone. Meetings require synchronicity: Everybody be present now. But most white-collar labor can be at least somewhat asynchronous. We send emails and chats that don’t require an immediate response.... See more

Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Matt Mochary • The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

Delian Asparouhov • Lessons From Keith Rabois Essay 3: How to Be an Effective Executive

The Atlantic • This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings