David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
David Grady: Jak ocalić świat (lub przynajmniej siebie) od miernych spotkań
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
that are out there.
that you might need your chair
że może ci być potrzebne,
it. You'd make a stink.
Zrobiłbyś awanturę.
back to his cubicle
and you're at the office,
jesteś w biurze
up in your calendar.
zaproszenie na spotkanie.
kind of know from down the hall,
którą niby znasz,
project that you heard a little bit about.
o którym coś tam słyszałeś.
you were invited to the meeting.
dlaczego zaproszono cię na spotkanie.
meeting invitation, and you go.
unproductive session is over,
tego nieproduktywnego posiedzenia
desk and you say,
very nice people,
more valuable than office furniture.
of a global epidemic
known as MAS:
Mindless Accept Syndrome
the minute it pops up in your calendar.
gdy tylko wyskoczy w kalendarzu.
click, bing — it's in your calendar,
i jest w kalendarzu,
for a meeting." (Laughter)
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the success of any enterprise.
do sukcesu każdej firmy.
really positive, actionable results.
solidne podstawy do działania.
over the last few years.
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other guy can't run a good meeting,
który nie umie prowadzić zebrania,
Mindless Accept Syndrome,
that MAS is a global epidemic.
on Youtube, and in the video,
conference call you've ever been on.
hate about really bad meetings.
w miernych spotkaniach.
no idea how to run the meeting.
jak prowadzić spotkanie.
have no idea why they're there.
dlaczego tam są.
into this collaborative train wreck.
agreement on a very important proposal.
w kwestii bardzo istotnej oferty.
joining us today, great.
on the call we'd like to get through,
które chcielibyśmy odczytać,
agreement on a very important proposal.
w kwestii bardzo istotnej oferty.
to me, too.
thousands of views every month.
tysiące wyświetleń co miesiąc.
companies in the world,
heard of but I won't name,
ale nie podam nazw,
this video in their new-hire training
na szkoleniu rekrutacyjnym,
not to run a meeting at their company.
jak nie robić spotkań.
being used by all these companies —
i użycie przez te firmy,
a global problem with meetings,
globalnego problemu ze spotkaniami,
retirement or death, sigh."
aż do emerytury albo śmierci".
all of these comments online
tych wszystkich komentarzy
that we are powerless
than go to meetings
poorly run meetings
not powerless at all.
is right here in our hands.
(Stop SBA!)
high school Spanish,
"Enough already, make it stop!"
works. It's very simple.
get a meeting invitation
zaproszenie na spotkanie,
of information in it at all,
that's why it's there.
is there for you not to accept immediately.
byle nie akceptować od razu.
who asked you to the meeting.
z osobą zapraszającą na spotkanie.
to support their work,
of the meeting is,
how you can help them achieve their goal.
a little bit more thoughtful
meeting invitations.
decisions about accepting it.
decydować o ich przyjmowaniu.
sending out agendas. Imagine!
Wyobraźcie to sobie!
with 12 people to talk about a status
z dwunastoma osobami w sytuacji,
email and get it done with.
behavior because you changed yours.
bo ty się zmieniłeś.
your chair back, too. (Laughter)
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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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