5 tips for dealing with meeting overload | The Way We Work, a TED series

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  • @TED
    @TED  3 роки тому +1

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  • @tiujasmine1601
    @tiujasmine1601 3 роки тому +35

    5 Tips
    1. Ask urself do u really need the meeting
    2. Invite less people
    3. Use less time
    4. Say no to other's meetings
    5. Be ruthless with your time

    • @carsonhunt4642
      @carsonhunt4642 3 роки тому +3

      Sounds like the perfect tips to getting fired lol! Creative ideas are fun but sadly that’s now how boomer workplaces are ran

    • @viliamvacula8111
      @viliamvacula8111 3 роки тому

      1-4 I’m already doing intuitively. Don’t need a TED speech to figure that out. 5 sounds great until you need others to share their time with you too.

  • @horaciohernandez598
    @horaciohernandez598 3 роки тому +4

    I was part of the corporate world for a LONG time. Hated every second of it. Money was good but life was sh!t!. I craved freedom. From BS and deadlines.. I used my vacation hours and went on a cross country trip with my high school trucker buddy. It opened my eyes to what I was looking for. FREEDOM. It’s what I was looking for. I’ve been a professional trucker for 12 years now and would recommend it to anyone who feels trapped in their corporate cage.

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 3 роки тому

      I think it takes a VERY specific person (and personality) to be a trucker.
      Just driving for Uber & Lyft for 3 years prior to the pandemic... the ONLY thing I liked was meeting new people who were friendly and interesting. Everything else sucked. I doubt I'd enjoy being a long-hauler under ANY circumstances.

  • @DemetriPanici
    @DemetriPanici 3 роки тому +35

    Honestly we need to schedule less meetings and send less emails. I've been reading Cal Newport's new book "A World Without Email" and it's been great!

  • @jeanniebarsam8263
    @jeanniebarsam8263 3 роки тому +3

    Great advice Cindy! It was so nice meeting you at the Women in Retail Leadership Conference 2 weeks ago!

  • @DemetriPanici
    @DemetriPanici 3 роки тому +17

    *“Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves.” - Edwin Way Teale*

  • @conniefletcher6884
    @conniefletcher6884 3 роки тому +15

    I’m stuck going to meetings led by people who don’t think this advice is for them.

  • @internetandlifehacks
    @internetandlifehacks 3 роки тому +10

    These tips can actually save us a good deal of time and energy! Thanks TED :)

  • @yukikowu5695
    @yukikowu5695 3 роки тому +4

    Great tips, especially about having a purpose statement and not accepting every meeting you are invited to. The only part that I slightly disagree with is “only invite the decision makers” because sometimes that can make mid level managers feel invisible and ignored, and also, non-decision makers are often the “worker bee” types who are in the actual weeds and have valuable insight to share.

    • @SarahMcCartney4160
      @SarahMcCartney4160 3 роки тому +1

      It was the tea lady at a JWT meeting who named the KitKat. Decision makers didn't.

    • @yukikowu5695
      @yukikowu5695 3 роки тому +4

      @@SarahMcCartney4160 oh interesting. I did not know that. I used to work for a very large org where decisions were often made behind closed doors by upper leadership only, and they made some very poor decisions because none of them were close enough to the actual work and didn’t understand the implications of their decisions on the staff on a daily basis. I really believe in a democratic process in which people at all levels get a voice, so to say “invite the true decision makers only to make things easier and faster” really is the opposite of my philosophy.

    • @SarahMcCartney4160
      @SarahMcCartney4160 3 роки тому +1

      @@yukikowu5695 me too. There are only four of us full time so it's easier to get us all together, but if I didn't ask the young people's views I would be losing perspective. They have so many good ideas.

    • @yukikowu5695
      @yukikowu5695 3 роки тому +1

      @@SarahMcCartney4160 it’s interesting what you say about age, and you are so right. I’m 46 and the people on my team are in their early 30’s. They just have a different perspective and whether we like it or not, they are the next generation in the workforce so we have to pay attention to what they have to say. If leadership started making all kinds of decisions without involving them, they would become quickly disengaged.

  • @geigerruready
    @geigerruready 2 роки тому +2

    I totally can use all of this 90% of my day is meetings!!!

  • @SarahMcCartney4160
    @SarahMcCartney4160 3 роки тому

    I was sent 7 notifications for this. Honestly if you want to reduce overload just the one would do it.

  • @oxnyxws
    @oxnyxws 3 роки тому +2

    Hardest one I learned is leave. Yes if you're part is done. Smile and walk out. If you need practice clutch your phone and say I need to get this

  • @daleplay1978
    @daleplay1978 2 роки тому +2

    What a useful video!

  • @dafluffernut
    @dafluffernut 3 роки тому +4

    Every day. So many could have been emails. Providing the information first for”review” would be great.

  • @paradisemusiclibrary1756
    @paradisemusiclibrary1756 3 роки тому +3

    Hey, I know sometimes it gets really hard but don’t give up on yourself.
    You got this. It's gonna get better real soon.
    I believe in you. You will make it! 😊❤

    • @Novastar.SaberCombat
      @Novastar.SaberCombat 3 роки тому

      Not unless I can remove the 'invisibility' curse which has been cast over me (for years now).
      Unlikely for that to change, though.

  • @15x4TalksEN
    @15x4TalksEN 3 роки тому

    very useful tips for anyone! thanks for sharing!

  • @heatherframpton9693
    @heatherframpton9693 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you! I shared this with my husband who is an academic program director. This content is so accurate! 😁

  • @zeynepe.5587
    @zeynepe.5587 3 роки тому

    Nice tips, thank you!

  • @jeffharding3509
    @jeffharding3509 3 роки тому

    Brilliant and wise!

  • @denyscruz
    @denyscruz Рік тому

    Very good tips

  • @paedrufernando2351
    @paedrufernando2351 3 роки тому

    powerful tips , thoughts

  • @lucabiondelli6387
    @lucabiondelli6387 3 роки тому

    hi is it possible to get the trasncript? it would be really usefull, thanks

    • @rae8124
      @rae8124 3 роки тому

      I don't know about the transcript but in case you can download subtitles file in text format

  • @Apollo_001
    @Apollo_001 3 роки тому

    I was just thinking about this.

  • @survivor648
    @survivor648 3 роки тому +1

    Yes yes with deadlines and not being able togetmy work done I started blocking my calendar until my boss got ticked off when people complained I would literally only block a couple of hours a few days a week funny thing is I had a coworker that always missed deadlines and my boss told him to block time then when I did just that he called me on it.

  • @profitpurpose
    @profitpurpose 8 місяців тому

    I have in excess of 30 hours of meeting each week and then I am expected to perform in my role.

  • @bklynbeef
    @bklynbeef Рік тому

    My job has daily meetings, I skip them 2 to 3 a week because it's a huge waste of time

  • @ShemielYah
    @ShemielYah 3 роки тому +1

    Last days
    “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
    ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭3:1-7‬ ‭

  • @chillstudio545
    @chillstudio545 3 роки тому

    Lovely

  • @SalihSabir
    @SalihSabir 3 роки тому +4

    So UA-cam can now listen to my mind?

  • @nubreed1980
    @nubreed1980 3 роки тому +3

    Meetings are the worst.

  • @شهرزاد_نور_محمدي
    @شهرزاد_نور_محمدي 3 роки тому

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  • @privaterizk4936
    @privaterizk4936 3 роки тому

    I thought the title says "meeting overlord" and a skull creature came to my head.

  • @joojnmo1228
    @joojnmo1228 3 роки тому

    ❤️❤️

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus 3 роки тому +1

    My solution is to not attend meetings I don't feel for.

  • @yahalife
    @yahalife 3 роки тому

    👍👏🏻🙏

  • @itzbianca347
    @itzbianca347 3 роки тому +1

    I'm early!

  • @stfbrasil1989
    @stfbrasil1989 3 роки тому

    Porque nao entendem que nao é assim

  • @s.gallagher4851
    @s.gallagher4851 2 роки тому +1

    Make no meeting over 40 minutes.

  • @craighowat8290
    @craighowat8290 3 роки тому +2

    Try doing some real work the perfect antidote to meetings

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    @olivialopez4163 3 роки тому +13

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      @beuladegraffenreid4210 3 роки тому

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      @beuladegraffenreid4210 3 роки тому

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  • @chikngreez
    @chikngreez 3 роки тому +2

    “Action Verb” is redundant. You need to find a more clear way to express your idea. Try “actions that change” or “progressive actions” to make your words more true to your idea.

  • @mathacademy-jeeimocuet6566
    @mathacademy-jeeimocuet6566 3 роки тому +1

    I am third one

  • @ztaylor82
    @ztaylor82 3 роки тому

    Woe is me

  • @chriseleftheriadis9379
    @chriseleftheriadis9379 3 роки тому +2

    For one second i thought it was Hilary Clinton in the thumbnail 😂

  • @depro9
    @depro9 3 роки тому

    Oh noes sitting & talking is soooooo stressful!!! 🤣😂

  • @j.svaraba9193
    @j.svaraba9193 3 роки тому

    혹시 랩퍼 출신 이신지? ㅎㅎ 농담 입니다 저스트 키딩 ^^♡

  • @scoopdwoop7662
    @scoopdwoop7662 3 роки тому

    whos ted

  • @ThatNameIsCute
    @ThatNameIsCute 3 роки тому +2

    FIRST

  • @AnilAnvesh
    @AnilAnvesh 3 роки тому

    None of these work India. We don't have progressive minds. We know only one thing, just crush everyone 😂

  • @harbin9er
    @harbin9er 3 роки тому

    "review"can be a verb though...

    • @ananymouswatcher
      @ananymouswatcher 3 роки тому +1

      Probably, she was trying to say a 'very "actionable item" done in the meeting'. Most of the review and related comments/suggestions can be done offline. And on the other hand, "discussing" post-rework decisions and conflicting review items can be an "actionable" work/meeting item.
      I hope this explanation sits apt with her manifest.

  • @Mcgovern124
    @Mcgovern124 2 місяці тому

    Teams and webex have ruined my life!