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Run a meeting that ends early

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    State the decision the meeting must make.

    Not a topic, a decision. "Choose the vendor" is a meeting; "vendors" is a hostage situation.

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    Invite the minimum.

    Deciders and informers. Everyone else gets the notes and their hour back.

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    Default to twenty-five minutes.

    Meetings fill their container. A small container is the single best facilitation trick.

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    Park everything off-topic.

    A visible list for good points that belong elsewhere. Honoured, not buried.

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    End with owners and dates.

    Every action has one name and one date, written where all can see. No name means it will not happen.

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