2 rules & 7 habits for creative and engaging meetings
-
Upload
ruben-van-der-laan -
Category
Business
-
view
280 -
download
0
description
Transcript of 2 rules & 7 habits for creative and engaging meetings
2 rules and 7 habits for creative and engaging meetings
Ruben van der LaanInnovation / Change / Participation
Ideas travel from mind to mind
are being used
recombined
fall apart
get lost and father new ideas...
...if people are willing
to engage themselves
and open up to each other
2 rules for creative and engaging meetings
An engaging meeting will never follow plan
If the meeting follows plan, you will have had a sub-optimal meeting
7 habitsfor creative and engaging meetings
Prepare
Prepare to improvise
Create an inspiring space
Create an appreciative atmosphere and use meaningful games
Work in small groups
Make few but lasting decisions
Follow up immediately
Prepare
Is the goal clear? Have you checked with key participants?
Give this step ample time
Alone you might go fast, but together you go further (why do you organise a meeting in the first place?)
Prepare to improvise
Engaged people want to share
They will interfere with your nicely drafted agenda
Prepare for the unprepared
Surf on the energy that you unleash
The participants will lead you to your goal, as long as you keep the goal clear
Create an inspiring space
Create a set-up that keeps the energy positive and flowing
Bring in daylight, change set-ups, get people moving
Have good food and drinks!
Create an appreciative atmosphere and use meaningful games
Say: ‘yes, and…’ NOT ‘..., but...’
Connect with people, invite them to share
Listen to their ideas and build on them
Keep it playful
Work in small groups
People don’t like big groups
In groups of 3-5 you feel much more at ease to share
And then ideas will propagate
Make few but lasting decisions
A decision requires action
But people already have so much to do
So take a piecemeal approach
And take 1 good decision instead of 5 poor ones
Follow up immediately
Don’t wait, implement right now
Keep the energy on the process
Get things rolling, other actions will follow (and no, you don’t necessarily need a meeting to decide on those!)
Ruben van der LaanInnovation / Change / Participation+31 6 128 000 [email protected]: @rubenvanderlaanwww.rubenvanderlaan.com