#014 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴s for Engineers

#meeting #engineers #tesla

𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 Meaning

In general, we engineers don't like meetings, they break our flow and reduce our productivity.
BUT, meetings are something that we all need to do.

Meetings should exist for bounding, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Yet, we can do something about this to improve our meetings, always refactoring it and here are some tips:

𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗲-𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹
𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟮𝟰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲)
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹
𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲
𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗜𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗜 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁.
𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗶𝘇𝘇𝗮 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲
𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗲 45 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 50 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟮𝟱 ** 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 **𝟯𝟬 etc.

From time to time try to revisit your calendar and especially recurring meetings. Get rid of the ones that are no longer serving a valuable purpose.

And at the end of this post we must give a space for Elon Musk :)

Elon's three clear meeting rules

*In 2018, Musk sent an email to Tesla employees that outlined, among other things, three clear meeting rules to follow:
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1."Please get [rid] of all large meetings, unless you're certain they are providing value to the whole audience, in which case keep them very short."

2."Also get rid of frequent meetings, unless you are dealing with an extremely urgent matter. Meeting frequency should drop rapidly once the urgent matter is resolved."

3."Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value. It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time."

Thanks,
Kemal Cholovich