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0 pointsmaerF0x02y ago0 comments

in my experience the second option is majorly jarring for those who did the homework and derails timelines. Often i've found if something is that low priority that it can be delayed for days to weeks then it's not actually important enough to spend time on.

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vidarh2y ago· 2 in thread

Well, it 1) needs to be jarring so that it creates social pressure to address the issue, 2) it needs to implicitly be temporary, to institute a culture shift, or get the people who refuse to adjust to move to other roles.

Consider that the alternative in this scenario is not to solve the tasks in the meeting in the allotted time, but to waste time holding a meeting where things don't get resolved because people haven't prepared.

maerF0x0OP2y ago

Well, some folks do a lateral shift and simply stop having the meetings and solving the issues through other channels. Slack, google doc comments, 1-1s in a network of gossip protocol...

vidarh2y ago

That's great when it works. But it often does not work with the kind of people who fail to do prep work outside of meetings. Playing chicken with them over who will fail to get things done the longest before calling a meeting to force the issue is no fun.

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