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When you want to run punchy, interesting and effective update meetings (or not have them)
Update meetings often swap information, but little else.
And, let’s face it, they’re often plain dull. They’re a series of lengthy monologues, rather than value-adding discussions. They’re also too long.
In fact, here’s an idea: don’t have one for the next two weeks. Meet again in Week Three and start with “Well, did you miss them?”
Depending on the response, either stop them entirely, or change them to only include the bits people missed. After all, meetings should be about usefulness, not habit.
Now, I recognize that stopping them might be a step too far for some teams. In fact, one of my customers once gave me this brief:
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