Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by ivanovb on Saturday June 20, 2020 @03:14AM
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I've been doing the same for the past 10+ years.
The problem that I found with it, is that a recurring receiver (let's say a client) will eventually start trusting your minutes so much that they don't even bother to read them and just answer with 'Looks good' and basically you lose the power of minutes.
To counter this, recently I've been trying to insert one wrong bullet point from the beginning, making the receiver pay more attention down the line. I don't have yet enough data points to see if this approach works.
Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by jblarneyforward on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:19PM
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That last point is pretty hilarious!
I find writing up the minutes during the meeting and distilling to “are these the most important points?” works to grab folks’ attention.
Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by Jon_Lowtek on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:49AM
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I had managers -do-this- (repeat what they understood as the key element) in meetings and thought of it as a very annoying waste of time. With five people in the room, assuming you do, on average, two rounds per agenda item, there are nine repetitions.
Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by cutemonster on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:53PM
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Many people -- everyone? -- repeat what was said? Not sure I follow
Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by Jon_Lowtek on Monday June 22, 2020 @06:31AM
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You are right, the extreme value where everyone everytime repeats what was said before, to ensure common understanding, is an unlikely example. My point is that repeating information already present lowers information density. The "good habit of repeating what you understood" can quickly become very annoying.
Re:Written communication is remote work super power
by cutemonster on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:13AM
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Ok. Maybe it's enough that the one who is "the most responsible" for getting the things done, repeats
I find a practice like this is also helpful for following up after a meeting. For meetings that warrant my taking notes, I like to type them up immediately afterwards, send them out to the other attendees, and solicit corrections or confirmations while the meeting is still fresh on everyone's mind.
It was a bit scary when I first started doing that since I'd fear that I might have misunderstood something and would be revealing my ignorance. But to the contrary, I've found that it tends to encourage others to share their notes for comparison and elicit further discussion. (If there's something I've misunderstood from a meeting, usually someone else was confused too.)