David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
David Grady: Kaip išgelbėti pasaulį (ar bent save) nuo blogų susirinkimų
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
išsirinko būtent tavo.
that are out there.
that you might need your chair
it. You'd make a stink.
Kovosi.
back to his cubicle
and you're at the office,
jūs biure,
up in your calendar.
kind of know from down the hall,
iš kito koridoriaus galo.
project that you heard a little bit about.
apie kurį kažkiek girdėjai.
you were invited to the meeting.
meeting invitation, and you go.
unproductive session is over,
desk and you say,
tas dvi valandas.
kad gražintų kėdę.“
very nice people,
more valuable than office furniture.
Tavo laiką.
of a global epidemic
baisios naujos ligos, MAS, epidemiją.
known as MAS:
bereikšmių sutikimų sindromas.
Mindless Accept Syndrome
the minute it pops up in your calendar.
ir tu jį kaipmat priimi.
click, bing — it's in your calendar,
į dienotvarkę
for a meeting." (Laughter)
ar ne taip?
the success of any enterprise.
bet kokio projekto sėkmės raktas.
really positive, actionable results.
realius rezultatus.
informacinės technologijos
over the last few years.
other guy can't run a good meeting,
rengia kokybiškus susirinkimus,
Mindless Accept Syndrome,
mūsų bereikšmių sutikimų sindromo.
that MAS is a global epidemic.
kad MAS virsta globalia epidemija.
on Youtube, and in the video,
kuriame suvaidinau
conference call you've ever been on.
kuriam esat kada buvę.
hate about really bad meetings.
konferencinio skambučio ydas:
no idea how to run the meeting.
žalio supratimo, kaip jam vadovauti;
have no idea why they're there.
ko ten susirinko.
into this collaborative train wreck.
skambutis virsta į traukinio katastrofą.
agreement on a very important proposal.
priimti sprendimą labai svarbaus
Turim nuspręst, ar...“
joining us today, great.
on the call we'd like to get through,
agreement on a very important proposal.
priimti sprendimą labai svarbaus
Kartu turim nuspręst, ar...“
to me, too.
thousands of views every month.
kas mėnesį jį peržiūri tūkstančiai.
companies in the world,
heard of but I won't name,
this video in their new-hire training
not to run a meeting at their company.
vadovauti susirinkimui.
being used by all these companies —
a global problem with meetings,
patalpinimo,
retirement or death, sigh."
all of these comments online
that we are powerless
than go to meetings
poorly run meetings
kęsti prastą vadovavimą
not powerless at all.
is right here in our hands.
tikrąja to žodžio prasme.
high school Spanish,
"Enough already, make it stop!"
works. It's very simple.
get a meeting invitation
gavę kvietimą į susirinkimą,
of information in it at all,
that's why it's there.
tam jis ten ir yra.
is there for you not to accept immediately.
bet koks kitas nepriimantis susirinkimo.
who asked you to the meeting.
to support their work,
of the meeting is,
how you can help them achieve their goal.
jį pasiekti.
a little bit more thoughtful
meeting invitations.
decisions about accepting it.
prieš sutikdami dalyvauti.
sending out agendas. Imagine!
atsiųs susitikimo dienotvarkę
with 12 people to talk about a status
su dvylika atsakovų
email and get it done with.
behavior because you changed yours.
nes tu pakeitei savąjį.
your chair back, too. (Laughter)
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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