What Autonomous Teams Can Teach Us About Effective Meetings

What Autonomous Teams Can Teach Us About Effective Meetings

One of the biggest differences that people experience when joining an autonomous team is that they meet much more. How can you have so many meetings and still be effective? Researcher Irene Sinteur and I distilled eight best practices that successful autonomous teams use to keep their meetings healthy and productive.

How to Challenge Your Doctor and Help Improve Medical Decision-Making

How to Challenge Your Doctor and Help Improve Medical Decision-Making

This is the first in a series about improving the patient-doctor dialogue. In each blog, I’ll also explore lessons that can be applied in business meetings. Part 1: common cognitive errors in medicine and how patients can address those to improve decision-making.

5 Principles I Rely on to Become a Better Listener

5 Principles I Rely on to Become a Better Listener

To honor International Day of Listening, I reflected on the listening principles that I hope to apply in each meeting. I say ‘hope’ because listening is not a given. It’s a skill and mindset that requires constant practice and reconfiguration, but it’s well worth the investment.