There are also NO large meetings. Anyone can walk out of a meeting if they're not contributing or don't feel they need to be there. According to Elon, small teams make quick and independent decisions. Look at the email he wrote to employees 👇 https://t.co/JTYpJP6aI6
The compromise is to schedule days when no meetings are allowed. The schedule that works best for a five-day workweek is as follows: One day of internal meetings One day of external meetings (e.g., interviewing candidates) Three days of no meetings
Jeff Bezos famously takes this to an extreme—based on his distrust of in-meeting
The person calling the meeting should be responsible for setting an objective (one direct sentence) and agenda (three bullet points, max) in an email before the meeting.
Alarm bells should be ringing when you find yourself scheduling half-hour meetings. Is this topic worth scheduling a meeting, or can you address it in an email or video message?