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#014 ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดs for Engineers

๐—˜๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Meaning

In general, we engineers don't like meetings, they break our flow and reduce our productivity.
BUT, meetings are something that we all need to do.

Meetings should exist for bounding, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Yet, we can do something about this to improve our meetings, always refactoring it and here are some tips:

  • ๐—”๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ-๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น

  • ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ)

  • ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น

  • ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

  • ๐—”๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ, ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ

  • ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ

  • ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ

  • ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

  • ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—œ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜.

  • ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ

  • ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ 45 ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ 50 ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ** ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ **๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ etc.

From time to time try to revisit your calendar and especially recurring meetings. Get rid of the ones that are no longer serving a valuable purpose.

From time to time try to revisit your calendar and especially recurring meetings. Get rid of the ones that are no longer serving a valuable purpose.

And at the end of this post we must give a space for Elon Musk :)

Elon's three clear meeting rules

*In 2018, Musk sent an email to Tesla employees that outlined, among other things, three clear meeting rules to follow:
*

1."Please get [rid] of all large meetings, unless you're certain they are providing value to the whole audience, in which case keep them very short."

2."Also get rid of frequent meetings, unless you are dealing with an extremely urgent matter. Meeting frequency should drop rapidly once the urgent matter is resolved."

3."Walk out of a meeting or drop off a call as soon as it is obvious you aren't adding value. It is not rude to leave, it is rude to make someone stay and waste their time."

Thanks,
Kemal Cholovich

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