I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Extremely efficient and effective meetings – Facilitator Checklist
I previously wrote a series of articles titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations” on how to run extremely efficient and effective meetings. In the series I deep dive on a set of practices and actions to have successful and satisfying meetings. More important than the practices are the core principles behind them and the mindset required […]
Update yourself
A manifesto for Scrum adoption in your life. Assuming you already heard about Agile, Scrum, Sprints and Retrospectives. As in any scrum team, the iterative and incremental process culminate in a retrospective, where members receive and elaborate feedback, taking actions to inspect and correct behaviours, remove obstacles, fix issues. If we are in an Agile […]
12 meeting scenarios and powerful questions to boost your training
In this article I am going to provide 12 scenarios and 12 powerful questions that can be used during role-play exercises or training on efficient and effective meetings. For each of these scenarios, the trainer or facilitator will pose questions to the attendees to gather insights on their possible reactions, ideas, thoughts, solutions. The coach should adapt […]
Ways of eating, working, evolving in a bitesize
Whatever food we eat, the size of our mouth doesn’t change. Whatever food you eat, no matter the portion, whether at a fast food or a gigantic wedding banquet, the size of your mouth doesn’t change.It grows proportionally with your age but it doesn’t depend on the meal presented to you. Whether you eat using […]
The show must go on despite empty spaces and abandoned places
We don’t know what the post COVID-19 world will look like and we don’t know how long it will take to get used to the new norm. I made a random list of places many of us don’t meet at anymore with our co-workers. At least up to now. Subway, tram, train, busSidewalk to the […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 3: After the meeting
This is the third of a series of articles about Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations. In the first article, we have covered that a successful meeting starts with good preparation.In the second article, I wrote about how to conduct and participate in a meeting achieving the desired goal successfully. In this part, I am going to cover […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 2: During the meeting
In the first part of this series titled “Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting“, I have covered how to prepare for successful meeting. In this article, I will talk about how to ensure the success of a meeting. The distinction between the meeting organiser and meeting invitee mentioned in […]
Successful Meetings in High Performing Organisations – Part 1: Before the meeting
A successful meeting starts with good preparation. Preparing (for) the meeting is not only the responsibility of the organiser. Everyone must play their part. Assuming a meeting is needed or unavoidable, a good meeting invitation should contain all the necessary information.Of course the date, time and place (physical or virtual) but also the topic, agenda, […]
No time for agile meetings
One of the most recurring topics in many organizations is time spent on meetings. If you are a Scrum Master, you may find yourself rolling your eyes like in a Robert Downey Jr meme and you wish you would get a euro for every time you hear someone saying in agile there are too many meetings. […]
Overcoming organisational inertia
The speed and success of any team is determined mainly by the surrounding environment and overall working conditions. Supporting teams in maximising the flow is not easy at all mostly because it requires the full organization to embrace cultural changes.