In Episode 11 of Lead Time Chats, Jean Hsu, VP of Engineering at Range, chats with Harper Reed about how meetings can give everyone a voice in team meetings. Harper is currently CEO of Galactic. Formerly he was CEO of Modest, which was acquired by Paypal, and CTO of Obama for America.
Host note: Harper and I originally met at FooCamp in 2013, when he attended a FooCamp unconference session I led called How to Run Efficient Meetings. When we re-connected a few months ago, I discovered that after that one hour session 8 years ago, he revamped meetings at his company, and at every company he’s worked at since. We re-united to record a Lead Time Chat nerding out on meetings and to encourage more teams to implement these high-density, high-efficiency team meetings.
Jean and Harper discuss:
- How a 3 hour rambling meeting turned into a 30 minute high density meeting, with a bit of structure and facilitation
- The impact that highly efficient meetings have had on Harper's teams over the last 8 years
- How to create a meeting culture that's not dominated by the loudest people in the room
- Tips on how to get started with this type of structured check-in meeting
For more on the evolution of check-in meetings, check out this post:
Nine years of meeting efficiency: Lessons learned from Range's VP of Engineering
You can also find some highlights in this blog post:
Harper Reed on giving everyone a voice in team meetings