Meetings: The Coordination Problem
You have people located all over the world. Early morning for you is late evening for some of them. And vice versa. You need to coordinate with them, so you attempt to schedule a recurring meeting. Because everyone is spread across various countries and time zones, there is no ideal time, except for a very […]
Meetings: The Energy and Focus Problem
Remote work introduces monotony. We sit in the same chair at the same desk- for all of the meetings we participate in, for the entire work day. This can create a “mono” experience in terms of meetings. And monotony reduces awareness. People doing remote work must also stress about missing a scheduled meeting. When we […]
Current Tools: The “Cognitive Load” Problem
Current tools like MS-Teams, Slack etc have a coherence problem: members in groups on these kind of platforms can post text about anything, in any style, very similar to an email communication. It can be too long. Or too short. It can be well-structured or unstructured. It can use big words, acronyms, etc. It can […]
Meetings: The Multi-Tasking Problem
People multi-task during remote and online meetings. We all do this. But wait. Multi-tasking during a meeting is the same as “checking out.” You are not 100% present, which is the same as not participating fully. So why attend the meeting at all? There are plenty of studies that show how multitasking doesn’t work. Multitasking […]
Meetings: The Opportunity-Cost Problem
When you are in a non-essential meeting, you cannot be attending to your key priorities. This means that there is a hidden cost here that may be higher than the per-participant dollar cost. The opportunity cost is the cost of NOT attending to your key priorities, your goals and your OKRs. These costs are real. […]
Current Tools: The Coordination-Delay Problem
Current tools like Slack or MS-Teams only go so far in solving for coordination at scale. The problem is simple to describe: teams and groups who have dependencies have no simple way to stay in sync. Especially when these dependencies are complex, teams who depend on each other generate substantial coordination delays. Here is an […]
Meetings: The Dollar-Cost Problem
Meetings are a significant source of waste in any goal-seeking enterprise. While meetings do have some real value, they are also quite costly, with estimates ranging from $300 to $550 per meeting participant per hour. Those costs do add up fast. Some meetings are essential, but many meetings are pure waste. 11 million meetings are […]