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Hi Reader, I’ve been thinking about the phrase I hear most often after I speak. “Our meetings aren't working.” Let’s get more precise. Meetings don’t fail because people are careless. If I walked into your recurring meeting and asked, “What will exist at the end of this hour that does not exist now?” would the answer be clear? Not a discussion. Not alignment. Not a good conversation. A tangible product. A decision. A documented commitment. A prioritized list. A defined problem statement. If the group cannot answer “What did we produce?” the meeting failed architecturally. This is the shift I talk about inside my book The Meeting Room. You are not learning tips. You are redesigning meetings so they consistently produce something concrete. Here’s what that looks like in practice: • You define the Product before you touch the agenda. • You align Purpose and Participants to that product. • You design for emotional risk instead of pretending tension won’t show up. • You close with clarity so commitment is visible, not assumed. This is why I am launching this cohort. We work on your actual meeting. Not a case study. Not a hypothetical. Twelve weeks. Live coaching. One room. One meeting redesigned properly. This is the founding cohort. 7 seats. $297. I have extended the deadline. Applications close March 10. If you’ve read the book, you understand the framework. If you join the cohort, you implement it. Enroll here: https://leadthemeetingroom.com If you’re unsure whether your meeting is a fit, reply and tell me what you’re trying to produce. I’ll tell you directly. This is learnable work. And it changes how decisions get made. P.S. I am speaking at the Scrum Alliance Global Scrum Gathering in Vancouver this May. And I'll be at ISPI Nashville in April. If you'll be at either, let me know. |
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