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What is a Meeting Rathole?

What is a Meeting Rathole?

The agenda topic has been set and there's a limited amount of time to discuss how to make the current project phase come in on time and under budget. Along the way the issue of the support team comes up and their lack of staffing, limited number of test machines and the inability to mirror the custo...

26th May 2024 - Patrick Salo
Using a Bin List to Keep Your Meetings on Track

Using a Bin List to Keep Your Meetings on Track

You've planned ahead and plotted out your agenda items for your meeting, prepared decision makers and have a defined purpose for the meeting. In spite of all of this, things will still come up that aren't on topic, take too much time to address or simply aren't a good fit for the meeting itself.

A...

19th May 2024 - Patrick Salo
Keeping Track of Decisions

Keeping Track of Decisions

We've all been there. A meeting is running short of time, you have a presenter queued up waiting for their turn and there's a quick decision to be made. There's a bit of discussion and the agenda moves on. Later when you're reconstructing what happened for the minutes, you know a decision was indeed...

12th May 2024 - Patrick Salo