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Meetings are often seen as keeping you from doing work when they should enable you to do more focused work.

This page defines what kind of meeting creates focus at Juro and what a well-run meeting looks like.

This guide excludes agile meetings and ceremonies, which follow a specific methodology.

<aside> <img src="/icons/chat-user_gray.svg" alt="/icons/chat-user_gray.svg" width="40px" /> How you can proactively make meetings better today

  1. Check if your meetings fit into at least one of the categories; if not, can it be async?
  2. Check that the meetings you’re in are up to PAR; if not, challenge directly next time.
  3. If (1)+(2) are OK, take a few minutes to discuss together if you could make it more efficient in other ways, e.g. making it shorter or less frequent. </aside>

What are (good) meetings good for?

Your time is the most valuable resource you have.

A 1h all-hands meeting with the whole company in Jan 2024 cost the business ~USD 6,000. Time is literally money.

Good meetings respect that resource by enabling focused work, not disrupting it.

Should be a meeting Because it… Example You can call these…
making big-impact decisions unblocks focused work Product roadmap trade-offs 🌊 Tsunami meeting
makes a big splash
discussing ideas and issues collaboratively creates clarity Workshops, AMAs, pitch day 🍵 Matcha meeting
like a tea party
energising others through storytelling motivates All-hands 🎵 Karaoke meeting
creates energy
aligning on key priorities helps prioritise work Offsites 🗻 Fuji meeting
eyes on summit
coaching, enabling and giving feedback helps do better work 1:1s, retros, career development 🧑‍🏫 Sensei meeting
teaching moments
Depends on your/their work style Example We call these…
Spontaneous huddles to resolve small issues
is faster to just talk Anything that takes <5min to resolve 🌶️ Wasabi sync
short and spicy
Shouldn’t be a meeting, make it async Example We call these…
→ Making low-impact decisions
→ Sharing information with no extra value add
→ Giving one-way updates (no back-and-forth)
takes up more time than it saves
Getting a new coffee machine
A really boring all-hands
“This could’ve been an email” syncs
🥷 Ninja meetings
sneaks into your cal

What does a good meeting look like?