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In an experiment to boost productivity,ย Shopifyย recently unleashed controlled chaos to their meeting schedule by abruptly cancelling almost every scheduled meeting. The result? 12,000 events scheduled over the course of the year immediately disappeared โ saving the Shopify team the time equivalent of 36 years and enabling the delivery of around 25% more projects!๐
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๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐:
๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ณ๐จ๐ซ: Run a similar experiment and cutout all unnecessary meetings!
๐๐ฉ๐ญ-๐๐ฎ๐ญ: Put a clear meeting goal in each meeting invite and allow team members to opt-out if their attendance isnโt necessary.
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๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ: Designate one meeting-free day per week, to allow for focus time.
๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฌ: Anything that could be an email, should be an email.
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Give your team momentumโฆ they will thank you.
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#HighTeamPerformanceย #Teamworkย #Momentumย #Meetings
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Inspiration: Fast Company, May 2023
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