TED Talk Tuesday #225: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings

TED continues to spread ideas and help us all be better critical thinkers. Watching, listening and talking about TED Talks is a popular pastime for many in the CN&CO community. We visit TED.com regularly to clear our heads, have a laugh, learn or get inspired. TED Talks open our minds, spark new ways of thinking and can lead to some very interesting conversations and business opportunities. Each week we pick a favourite and publish it on a Tuesday, because we like how “TED Talk Tuesday” sounds. It’s also a way that the CN&CO team play their part in spreading ideas and helping to make the world a better place.

This TED Talk was chosen by Llewellyn du Plessis

I am sure most of you reading this will agree with me, our time is valuable. We all have urgent things to complete, reports to submit, events to attend, and emails to respond to. Imagine if every few hours or so, you had no choice but to sit at your desk and accomplish absolutely nothing before getting back to your job, deadlines be damned.

This is what it’s like when you find yourself stuck in meetings that are either not relevant to your job or are run by inexperienced leaders. David Grady explains how the business world is overwhelmed by inefficient and unproductive meetings. He poses some solutions to end the madness and get our meetings back on track.

I hope you enjoyed watching this TED Talk and that it will help you plan your meetings better in the future.