The Meeting as a Mirror – A conversation with Dr Jean Cooper
I recently sat down with long time friend, psychologist, adventurer, and long-time student, Dr Jean Cooper, to chat about the unseen forces that influence people, teams, and organisations. Jean’s work is rooted in the pioneering legacy of the Tavistock Institute,...
Makers Hate Meetings and Managers Can’t Live Without Them
Are you a maker or a manager? In most companies, you can broadly categorise people into those who create (makers) and those who coordinate (managers). While this isn’t a perfect divide, most people in an organisation often lean more toward one side than the other, in...
Who’s Doing What To Minimise Meetings?
Since the very first human beings bumped into each other, meetings have been an essential part of our survival. Important conversations around growing stuff, hunting stuff, protecting ourselves from the people in the next valley, not stealing each other’s partners and...
One Way To Tell If I Really Need Another Meeting?
According to a Harvard Business Review study executives (I imagine Americans) spend around 23 hours per week in meetings (3 x 8 hour working days). That’s up from less than 10 hours in the 1960’s [insert shock and horror face emoji here]. Whichever part of...
