tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post9115461662673043003..comments2024-03-28T04:00:50.360+00:00Comments on Scaryduck: Not Scary. Not a Duck: Meeting FlashbackDuck Newshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08244826552838289092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post-4131937092258268482014-03-25T19:35:58.244+00:002014-03-25T19:35:58.244+00:00The chart on the clipboard shows the popularity of...The chart on the clipboard shows the popularity of meetings not involving booze and drugs.Hal U Sargennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post-73473484280213596042014-03-24T20:47:15.856+00:002014-03-24T20:47:15.856+00:00Meetings work best if they are limited to three pe...Meetings work best if they are limited to three people.<br /><br /><br />And two of them fail to show up.TonyFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14356306581977054156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post-63038383771462728762014-03-24T18:15:55.101+00:002014-03-24T18:15:55.101+00:00"... I think we've successfully identifie..."... I think we've successfully identified the problem."<br /><br />Sony IS the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post-59936105724145829862014-03-24T09:35:47.939+00:002014-03-24T09:35:47.939+00:00In the Civil Service in the nineties I once went t...In the Civil Service in the nineties I once went to a Pre-Meeting, then the actual meeting and then a Post-Meeting. In all 3 sessions the exact same people were there - no one added, no one taken away and we essentially wasted 3 hours of the day, 2 of which were spent preparing for and rehashing the hour long meeting we had.<br /><br />I forget what the meeting was about. I spent most of the meeting trying to work out what the hell I was at the meeting for. Happy days.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318466.post-37103315679411427862014-03-24T09:17:00.779+00:002014-03-24T09:17:00.779+00:00Pre-meeting to decide what you're going to say...Pre-meeting to decide what you're going to say at the meeting are even better!<br /><br />When I worked at Sony in a previous lifetime, the favourite way of ending a meeting was "Thank you for coming. I think we've successfully identified the problem."<br /><br />I used to make myself popular by saying "Can we decide what we're going to do about it before we close, then?"<br /><br />I was usually told that was the subject for another meeting.Dioclesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139646438543954337noreply@blogger.com