In this week’s Thought Sparks Podcast episode, Rita McGrath, a Columbia University Business School Professor, C-Suite strategist, business founder and best-selling author, sits down with Rebecca Hinds, Head of the Work AI Institute & Director of Thought Leadership at Glean to discuss her new book Your Best Meeting Ever.
0:00 Intro & Welcome
0:13, Meet Rebecca Hinds
0:58, Rebecca's Journey Into Meeting Research
3:45, Meetings as Status Symbols & Power Dynamics
6:36, Meetings as a Product: Design Principles
7:33, Cutting Meeting Debt: The Meeting Doomsday
9:52, Return on Time Invested (ROTI)
13:42, The Four D CEO Test for Meetings
15:02, Bezos One-Way Door Decisions & Law of Triviality
18:13, Decision Fatigue & The Importance of Breaks
20:13, Amazon's Six-Page Memo Practice
26:05, Using Verbs in Agenda Items
27:11, Alan Mulally at Ford: Meetings That Drive Action
31:08, In-Person vs. Hybrid Meetings
38:51, Ensuring Diverse Perspectives Are Heard
45:48, AI's Role in Improving Meetings
47:27, Surprises Since the Book's Publication
50:14, Meeting Budget & Optimal Meeting Hours
53:43 Where to Learn More & Closing
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