Career · FORTUNE
Fortune #06
Good fortune
Before scheduling a meeting, write down the decision, who must attend, and who owns the next step.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“ผู้ที่มีคุณธรรม ความเหมาะสม ความฉลาด และความสามารถ จะได้รับการคัดเลือกให้เป็นผู้นำ”
— ขงจื๊อ
นักปรัชญาจีนโบราณ ผู้วางรากฐานจริยธรรมและความสัมพันธ์ในสังคมตามแนวขงจื๊อ
- Person
- Confucius
- Source work
- Quotes / A Great Utopia (The World of Da-Tong)
- Source text
- Virtuous, worthy, wise and capable people are chosen as leaders.
STORY & REFLECTION
A meeting that ended with a decision owner
Guidance-based illustration · A meeting that ended with a decision owner
Illustrative scene: A team spends an hour taking turns on status updates. When time is up, no one can say which design to choose, and another meeting is scheduled.
Next time, the owner sends written status notes ahead. The room is used to compare two options and a decision criterion, then records the decision owner and start date.
Atlassian's meeting audit asks which meetings produce needed outcomes and which updates can be written instead. Shared time can then serve decisions that need discussion.
Shared time is most valuable for issues that a written update alone cannot decide.
Reflection
A good meeting has a purpose and a decision.
A small action today
Share the agenda and needed decision in advance.
A question to reflect on
What conclusion would make the next meeting worth everyone's time?