David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
David Grady: Kako spasiti svijet (ili barem sebe) od loših sastanaka
David Grady is on a crusade to help you take back your calendar. Full bio
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recognize from down the hall,
about why he took your chair
baš vašu stolicu
that are out there.
that you might need your chair
it. You'd make a stink.
frku.
back to his cubicle
and you're at the office,
up in your calendar.
kind of know from down the hall,
project that you heard a little bit about.
you were invited to the meeting.
pozvani na sastanak.
meeting invitation, and you go.
unproductive session is over,
desk and you say,
koliko je trajao sastanak,
very nice people,
more valuable than office furniture.
vrijednosti nego kancelarijski namještaj.
of a global epidemic
known as MAS:
Mindless Accept Syndrome
the minute it pops up in your calendar.
čim se ona pojavi na vašem kalendaru.
click, bing — it's in your calendar,
da sudjelujete na sastanku,
for a meeting." (Laughter)
(Smijeh)
the success of any enterprise.
bilo koje organizacije.
really positive, actionable results.
pozitivnim rezultatima.
over the last few years.
(Smijeh)
other guy can't run a good meeting,
koji ne zna da vodi dobar sastanak.
Mindless Accept Syndrome,
that MAS is a global epidemic.
on Youtube, and in the video,
na Youtube-u, u kojem sam
conference call you've ever been on.
na najgori mogući način.
hate about really bad meetings.
na sastancima.
no idea how to run the meeting.
sastanak,
have no idea why they're there.
into this collaborative train wreck.
agreement on a very important proposal.
do važnog dogovora.
u raspravu.
joining us today, great.
danas.
on the call we'd like to get through,
preći ću na stvar.
agreement on a very important proposal.
do važnog dogovora.
(Smijeh)
to me, too.
thousands of views every month.
par hiljada pregleda mjesečno.
companies in the world,
heard of but I won't name,
koje neću spominjati,
this video in their new-hire training
u svrhu trening- sesije
not to run a meeting at their company.
"Kako ne voditi sastanak".
being used by all these companies —
poznatih kompanija
a global problem with meetings,
problem,
retirement or death, sigh."
ili smrti".
all of these comments online
that we are powerless
than go to meetings
nego da idemo na sastanke
poorly run meetings
not powerless at all.
is right here in our hands.
je u našim rukama.
high school Spanish,
svojih
"Enough already, make it stop!"
works. It's very simple.
na sljedeći način.
get a meeting invitation
na sastanak
of information in it at all,
that's why it's there.
Zbog toga i postoji.
is there for you not to accept immediately.
samo ne prihvatajte odmah.
who asked you to the meeting.
pozivnicu.
to support their work,
of the meeting is,
how you can help them achieve their goal.
da postignu svoj cilj.
a little bit more thoughtful
meeting invitations.
i šta će biti predmet sastanaka.
decisions about accepting it.
da li ćete prihvatiti pozivnicu.
sending out agendas. Imagine!
sastanaka. Zamislite!
with 12 people to talk about a status
sa 12 osoba,
email and get it done with.
e-maila.
behavior because you changed yours.
ponašanje, zbog vašeg.
your chair back, too. (Laughter)
nazad. (Smijeh)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
David Grady - Information security managerDavid Grady is on a crusade to help you take back your calendar.
Why you should listen
David Grady is an information security manager who believes that strong communication skills are a necessity in today’s global economy. He has been a print journalist, a “PR guy” and a website producer, and has ghostwritten speeches and magazine articles for Fortune 500 company executives. A mid-life career change brought him into the world of information risk management, where every day he uses his communications experience to transform complex problems into understandable challenges.
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