What if you woke up one day and almost 60% of your meetings were gone from the calendar?
What if you woke up one day and almost 60% of your meetings were gone from the calendar? Thats what Shopify decided to do, last month. They have removed all recurring meetings...
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What if you woke up one day and almost 60% of your meetings were gone from the calendar?
Thats what Shopify decided to do, last month.
- They have removed all recurring meetings with more than 2 people. - Limited any big meetings of more than 50 people into a specific time window on Thursdays.
- Wednesdays are no meetings days by default.
- Workers are also encouraged to decline meetings and leave large chat groups.
"The best thing founders can do is subtraction,” CEO Tobias Lütke said explaining this radical decision.
A lot of companies have agreed that large member meetings can be unproductive and have also mandated ‘No Meeting Days’. Most people are hesitant to decline meetings (especially those which could have been an email 😆).
Shopify has already been a trailblazer on trying new things in the company as they were the first company to go fully remote when the pandemic hit, and now they are leading the ‘No meeting’ movement.
Personally I think if a company has a good writing and documentation culture, where people write and read most updates effectively, most meetings could be substituted with that.
But sometimes meetings might be important to get people on the same page, especially those who may not be proactive. But with that said, most 1 hour meetings could be 30 minutes long, and most 30 minute meetings could be 15 minutes.
Does your workplace have any such rules? 🤔
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