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
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
recognize from down the hall,
kao znate, niže iz hodnika,
about why he took your chair
zašto je uzeo vaš stolac
that are out there.
that you might need your chair
da možda trebate svoj stolac
it. You'd make a stink.
Digli bi frku.
back to his cubicle
nazad u njegov odjeljak
"Zašto moj stolac?"
and you're at the office,
i nalazite se u uredu
up in your calendar.
iskoči poziv na sastanak.
kind of know from down the hall,
koju kao znate, niže iz hodnika,
project that you heard a little bit about.
neki projekt o kojem ste nešto malo čuli.
you were invited to the meeting.
zašto ste pozvani na sastanak.
meeting invitation, and you go.
unproductive session is over,
neproduktivno zasjedanje gotovo,
desk and you say,
very nice people,
more valuable than office furniture.
puno vrednijem od uredskog namještaja.
of a global epidemic
known as MAS:
(sindrom bezumnog prihvaćanja).
Mindless Accept Syndrome
sindroma bezumnog prihvaćanja
the minute it pops up in your calendar.
iste minute što je iskočio u vaš kalendar.
click, bing — it's in your calendar,
klik, bing — u kalendaru vam je,
for a meeting." (Laughter)
na sastanak." (Smijeh)
the success of any enterprise.
uspjeha u svakom poduhvatu.
really positive, actionable results.
zbilja pozitivnim, konkretnim rezultatima.
over the last few years.
tijekom zadnjih nekoliko godina.
other guy can't run a good meeting,
ne može dobro voditi sastanak,
Mindless Accept Syndrome,
sindroma bezumnog prihvaćanja.
that MAS is a global epidemic.
da je MAS globalna epidemija.
on Youtube, and in the video,
video na Youtube, a u videu
conference call you've ever been on.
konferencijski razgovor moguć.
hate about really bad meetings.
mrzimo u zbilja lošim sastancima.
no idea how to run the meeting.
nema pojma kako voditi sastanak.
have no idea why they're there.
nemaju pojma zašto su tamo.
into this collaborative train wreck.
u taj suradnički sudar vlakova.
agreement on a very important proposal.
sporazuma o vrlo važnom prijedlogu.
joining us today, great.
se pridružio danas, odlično.
on the call we'd like to get through,
u pozivu kroz koji bi htjeli proći,
agreement on a very important proposal.
sporazuma o vrlo važnom prijedlogu.
to me, too.
što sam to stavio online,
thousands of views every month.
tisuće pregleda svaki mjesec.
companies in the world,
kompanija na svijetu,
heard of but I won't name,
ali ih neću imenovati,
this video in their new-hire training
ovog videa u njihovim treninzima za novake
not to run a meeting at their company.
ne voditi sastanak u njihovoj kompaniji.
being used by all these companies —
što ga koriste sve te kompanije —
a global problem with meetings,
globalni problem sa sastancima,
retirement or death, sigh."
mirovine ili smrti, šmrc."
all of these comments online
se vrti kroz sve te komentare
that we are powerless
da smo nemoćni
than go to meetings
nego ići na sastanke
poorly run meetings
loše vođene sastanke
not powerless at all.
uopće nismo nemoćni.
is right here in our hands.
je točno tu u našim glavama.
high school Spanish,
svog srednjoškolskog Španjolskog,
"Enough already, make it stop!"
"Dosta više, prestani!"
works. It's very simple.
Zbilja je jednostavno.
get a meeting invitation
kad dobijete pozivnicu za sastanak
of information in it at all,
that's why it's there.
zato i postoji.
is there for you not to accept immediately.
tipka raspoloživa da ne prihvatite odmah.
who asked you to the meeting.
koja vas je zvala na sastanak.
to support their work,
da im podržite rad,
of the meeting is,
how you can help them achieve their goal.
kako im možete pomoći da ostvare cilj.
a little bit more thoughtful
biti malo promišljeniji
meeting invitations.
pozivnice za sastanke.
decisions about accepting it.
odluke o njihovom prihvaćanju.
sending out agendas. Imagine!
slati i dnevni red. Zamislite!
with 12 people to talk about a status
sa 12 ljudi u kojem raspravljaju stanje
email and get it done with.
brzi email i tako riješiti stvar.
behavior because you changed yours.
svoje ponašanje, jer ste vi to učinili.
your chair back, too. (Laughter)
vaš stolac, također (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.
David Grady | Speaker | TED.com