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5 Advantages of Writing before you Meet

Collaboration, News, Remote meetingsBy Willem JacobsJuly 24, 2020Leave a comment

Probably heard: “Another meeting that should’ve been an email.” By writing you first find out whether you really need a meeting. And if you indeed need a meeting, then you take another five advantages that make your work experience a world of difference. We have listed them for you.   Writing forces you to make…

How to prevent unnecessary meetings

Collaboration, News, Remote meetingsBy Christian ZierleynMay 26, 20202 Comments

The secret to preventing unnecessary meetings lies in the written word. It doesn’t matter if you have an office or video meeting, every time you plan for a meeting you need to sit down and write. Write down the purpose of the meeting, write down the agenda, write down the planning, and write down per…

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Are your meetings Lean and Agile?

Collaboration, Process approach, PurposeBy Willem JacobsFebruary 6, 2020Leave a comment

Do you feel that little has changed since the introduction of Agile? That it is primarily a show for the stage? That there is more to be gained? Then you can probably take a big step forward by making the meetings within your organization Lean and Agile. About Lean and Agile Lean is a way…

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The sizeable blindspot regarding meetings

Collaboration, Personal effectivenessBy Christian ZierleynJanuary 15, 2020Leave a comment

Here’s a question for recruiters and HR professionals. Have you ever asked a candidate for a management position if he or she was any good at holding meetings? Have you ever asked for meeting skills qualifications? Probably not. There is extensive evidence that more than 50% of all meetings are a partial or complete waste…

Workshop about how to change meeting culture

Change meeting culture? What’s your ambition?

Collaboration, Cultural change, NewsBy Christian ZierleynNovember 11, 2019Leave a comment

Our journey to radically change the current stale meeting culture started with our search for the principles of effective meetings. We first formulated a new philosophy as the basis of all necessary change. Then we developed the app to make it really easy to bring this philosophy into practice. We also developed a simple hands-on…

How to make video conferences rock

Collaboration, Remote meetingsBy Willem JacobsOctober 10, 20191 Comment

It’s easy to think we’re doing a great job when we organize a video conference, because it saves on travel time and expense. That’s a misconception. Often we’re still wasting time by poor execution. It always takes a while for humans to learn how to use new technologies wisely. For example, we still have a…

From Paperless to Smart Meetings

Collaboration, NewsBy Christian ZierleynSeptember 3, 2019Leave a comment

The step to paperless meetings was a useful first step in the digital transformation of municipalities. This transformation holds the promise that digitization will make work simpler and easier, but with the introduction of paperless meetings that promise has not yet been fulfilled. Issues are often on the agenda out of habit. If we want…

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Yabbu versus Teams

Collaboration, NewsBy Willem JacobsApril 17, 2019Leave a comment

We often get the question how Yabbu relates to Teams. Both tools are for collaboration, and in both Yabbu and Teams you can share messages with other people. For us, however, it feels like comparing an ambulance with a fire truck and then saying that they both take you from A to B. Yabbu is…

A star is born

Forget about your team! You’re a star…

CollaborationBy Christian ZierleynJanuary 11, 2019Leave a comment

Are you working in a team? Are you sure? Really? You might not be aware of it, but sometimes a team is not a team at all, it’s just a group. Kevan Hall introduced the difference between so called Spaghetti Teams and Star Groups in his brilliant book Speed Lead. Knowing the difference will help…

You’ll never think alone!

CollaborationBy Christian ZierleynDecember 4, 20181 Comment

Last month I read The Knowledge Illusion: Why we never think alone, by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach, a book about the myth of individual thought and the power of collective wisdom. The book is an inspiring, but also humbling read. The knowledge illusion, also called the Illusion of Explanatory Depth, is the illusion that…

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