Meetings that make you want to sing
I like meetings which are made up of a room full of people who all contribute in interesting and relevant ways in response to one another. Other kinds of meetings seem to almost always be bad.
I am not sure if I can think of other kinds of meetings which are good. Can you suggest any ways in which an alternative model is a lot of fun?
Actually, I think classes should undergo similar treatment. I really don't like classes that are just listening, however a friend reminded me that potentially some members of some classes will not produce valuable comments, to which I think the only response is to remodel both the classes and the student base until a good match is found.
What do you think?
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I think there is an edge case where "sitting-in" on meetings without contributing can be valuable. Meetings can serve as a way of inducting junior members into the decision-making process or an organisation.
ReplyDeleteBut I agree that ideally, these newcomers would start to contribute to the meetings sooner rather than later.
Whether or not that's fun is a different matter...
Yea, I think it is a bit extremist to think that everyone needs to talk in every meeting, but I also think that the decrease in value is rapid and proportional to the number of people not talking.
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