1) In many cases, there's no need for emailing the agenda. If the meeting goal is obvious and the process well-defined, artificially creating an agenda that no one sticks to at the meeting might bring more distraction than order.
2) About the "laptops closed, phones remain in the pockets" - set the rule of "Bring laptop / no laptop" for the meeting and let everyone know upfront. If someone gets distracted and starts using their laptop at the meeting and no one cares, it might be that this person is not needed at the table. Allow them to check out.
3) An hour wasted is usually never an hour wasted - it's four hours, six hours or even ten hours - depending on how many people attended the meeting.
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Great read!
A couple of remarks:
1) In many cases, there's no need for emailing the agenda. If the meeting goal is obvious and the process well-defined, artificially creating an agenda that no one sticks to at the meeting might bring more distraction than order.
2) About the "laptops closed, phones remain in the pockets" - set the rule of "Bring laptop / no laptop" for the meeting and let everyone know upfront. If someone gets distracted and starts using their laptop at the meeting and no one cares, it might be that this person is not needed at the table. Allow them to check out.
3) An hour wasted is usually never an hour wasted - it's four hours, six hours or even ten hours - depending on how many people attended the meeting.
cheers!