#179 Your best meeting ever : Design for impact with Rebecca Hinds
About this episode
Rebecca Hinds discusses the impact of poorly designed meetings and how to redesign them for better productivity.
“We often think meetings are the problem. Usually, they’re a symptom of a bigger problem: a broken communication system.” Poorly run meetings cost trillions of dollars every year yet there are multifaceted drivers for why we keep them as a comfort zone for ‘moving forward’. This powerful insight challenges us to look beyond the surface of meeting overload, beyond the binary concept of how much time we're spending and look at exactly how much it is costing us and why. Consider the “visibility bias” : we often equate presence with productivity. Meetings are highly visible, making them status symbols rather than efficient tools. This bias fuels unnecessary meetings and hinders true progress. Imagine an organization where 30-50% of meetings could be eliminated without negative consequences. While canceling meetings provides relief, the real change comes from employees redesigning what deserves to be a meeting Applying a “product design” lens means intentionally crafting meetings. Just as you wouldn’t ship a product without user feedback and refinement, why do we tolerate poorly designed meetings that are our most expensive form of collaboration? This approach empowers teams to…
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Host: Suzie Lewis
Guest: Rebecca Hinds
Topics covered
- meetings
- communication
- productivity
- organizational design
- leadership
Keywords
- meetings
- communication system
- visibility bias
- product design
- leadership buy-in
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