David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
David Grady: Kako rešiti svet (ali vsaj samega sebe) pred slabimi sestanki
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.
da vi stol morda potrebujete,
that you might need your chair
it. You'd make a stink.
Ukrepali boste.
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.
o katerem ste nekaj malega slišali.
you were invited to the meeting.
zakaj ste vabljeni na sestanek.
meeting invitation, and you go.
unproductive session is over,
neproduktivne muke konec,
desk and you say,
very nice people,
more valuable than office furniture.
od pisarniške opreme.
of a global epidemic
known as MAS:
Mindless Accept Syndrome
the minute it pops up in your calendar.
takoj ko se pojavi na koledarju.
click, bing — it's in your calendar,
ding, klik, bing - in je sprejeto.
for a meeting." (Laughter)
(smeh)
the success of any enterprise.
vsakega podjetja.
really positive, actionable results.
res pozitivne, uresničljive rezultate.
over the last few years.
other guy can't run a good meeting,
ne zna voditi sestanka,
Mindless Accept Syndrome,
that MAS is a global epidemic.
globalna epidemija.
on Youtube, and in the video,
objavil video,
konference, na katerih sem bil.
conference call you've ever been on.
hate about really bad meetings.
kar sovražimo pri sestankih.
no idea how to run the meeting.
have no idea why they're there.
into this collaborative train wreck.
v razbitino sodelovanja.
agreement on a very important proposal.
o pomembnem predlogu.
joining us today, great.
on the call we'd like to get through,
veliko ljudi na zvezi,
agreement on a very important proposal.
o pomembnem predlogu.
to me, too.
iz na ducate držav,
thousands of views every month.
na tisoče ogledov mesečno.
svetovna podjetja,
companies in the world,
heard of but I won't name,
jih ne bom imenoval,
this video in their new-hire training
na treningih za novince,
not to run a meeting at their company.
kako ne voditi sestanka.
being used by all these companies —
a global problem with meetings,
globalni problem s sestanki,
retirement or death, sigh."
all of these comments online
that we are powerless
da nimamo moči,
than go to meetings
kot šli na sestanke,
poorly run meetings
not powerless at all.
is right here in our hands.
high school Spanish,
srednješolske španščine,
"Enough already, make it stop!"
"Nehajte že, ustavite to!"
works. It's very simple.
get a meeting invitation
of information in it at all,
that's why it's there.
is there for you not to accept immediately.
s katerim vam ni treba tako sprejeti.
who asked you to the meeting.
s tistim, ki vas je povabil.
to support their work,
of the meeting is,
how you can help them achieve their goal.
kako lahko pomagate.
a little bit more thoughtful
meeting invitations.
o tem, ali boste sprejeli.
decisions about accepting it.
sending out agendas. Imagine!
dnevne rede. Zamislite si!
with 12 people to talk about a status
12 ljudi govorilo o statusu,
email and get it done with.
ker ste vi spremenili svoje.
behavior because you changed yours.
your chair back, too. (Laughter)
(smeh)
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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