Ever get the sense that the meeting you are in is more about appearances than actions? Find that people keep on raising decision items that were already settled? Notice irrelevant issues dominate the agenda? Quite possibly an aspiring CIA operative is sabotaging your meeting.
I take a tongue in cheek look at a #CIA *Simple Sabotage Field Manual* from 1944 in which several methods to sabotage meetings are outlined.
I have long been at odds with much of the prevailing organisational culture when it comes to written documents. Call me out of touch with GenMe, but I like critical thinking. I enjoy a well written document. I think that actual research is necessary for a well-formed argument. I think major decisions should have a solid brief.
#OrganisationalBehaviour #CapabilityDevelopment #OrganisationalChange #PsychologicalSafety #TimeManagement #MeetingPlanning #MeetingProfessionals
In passing off the thinking of others as our own, we fail to invoke the discipline essential in critical thinking. The most effective antidote to this is a crisp document, 'written with such clarity that it's like angels signing from up high', followed by a messy meeting in which people can robustly discuss the thinking presented.
Everyone says an #introduction is a must so here goes mine!
• Live in #Chicago
• Introduced to #programming ~18 years ago via #informix and #php.
• Met the #Python community along the way and fell in love, spent more than a decade helping grow the #community, now the former Executive Director of the Python Software Foundation (aka #psf)
• Years of #MeetingPlanning experience
• Love #weightlifting and a newly minted #marathoner (ran #ChicagoMarathon in 2022, running the #BerlinMarathon in 2023!). Love #gardening and about to start some seeds for the spring.
• I am building a more impactful way for businesses to handle vendor security questionnaires and tooling to assist with customer-facing security programs. #infosec
• Running a #startup is a new adventure for me so I am here to pick up any knowledge nuggets and experiences folks have to share.
• I love talking about effective #leadership and #management skills.
• I am passionate about team building and building a positive culture at the workplace.
I am raising funds for #PAWSChicago (no kill humane animal shelter) as part of the #BerlinMarathon. That's where our furbaby #Enzo is from and would mean the world to many animals if you donated: https://my.pawschicago.org/TEAMPAWSBerlin2023/Donate/ #donate
Dr Robert N. Winter
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