Link: Silent Meeting

Photo: Calder & Picasso exhibition in Paris 2019

Amazon popularized the silent meeting

  • No powerpoints
  • Send a 5 pager ahead of time
  • Sit in the meeting for 20 minutes to read and comment
  • Then open up for discussion

Give this a read on medium.com

“Silent Meetings” are meetings where most of the time is spent thinking and discussing the topics at hand. Functionally, they are based around a “Table Read” that everyone at the meeting reads silently, comments in and then discusses. An assigned facilitator leads the comment synthesis and discussion to ensure the meeting is valuable.