Tim Ripper

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I love conversations. I love debate. I relish an opportunity to discuss. I hate meetings.

Goodness knows, I am not alone. Meetings are usually a parade of words which would have been better shared in writing. Writing on how to make meetings more effective is a well-tread path. But what about making meetings FUN (and, ok, if we must, more productive)?

A couple experiments I want to try:

1. Turn the meeting into a game of Taboo. Every office, every team, every person, has its jargon and its repeated phrases. Create a list and make those words off-limit. Force people to explain themselves in a new, hopefully more meaningful, way. If you have a casual office, this idea can double as a drinking game.

2. Argue someone else’s position. We all walk in with pre-conceived notions and ideas we love. Fine. Share that right away. Make everyone lay their cards on the table in advance of the meeting (or at the very beginning). Then have the discussion, with the caveat that you can not push for your own idea. You must choose someone else’s position and push for that instead.

If you try either, please let me know how it goes.

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