More companies are now embracing "agile" meetings and daily check-ins to make their teams more productive and efficient. The hard rule? Keep it under five minutes or be ready to be rudely cut off in front of your peers.
While some argue this laser approach to meetings won't get anything accomplished, The Wall Street Journal recently published a story that convincingly declares otherwise.
Time is too precious to waste in high-demand business settings. The old ritual of booking conference rooms and clogging calendars with 30 or 60-minutes of drudgery is being replaced by five-minute huddles where teams cut to the chase and make decisions on the spot.
Via The Learning Factor
A new meeting trend promises to increase efficiency and productivity.
Agile meetings or 5 minute huddles are a great way to stay connected. They run into problems when you have leader who drives an intense and stressful culture of hyper-productivity and when you have people on the team that are controlling and cannot articulate their thoughts witting 15-30 seconds . Huddles /agile meetings are a great way to stay connected and get information out to your team more frequently than the old school hour version. Try one...