Meeting summaries

I've been to meetings after which the person in charge sent a 4-page summary, which didn't make much sense. It was clear that there had been a meeting: the person just took notes of everything that was said. That's not how summaries  work.

🗣 For a meeting to be productive,

- someone has to lead it,

- someone has to take notes,

- and someone has to be in charge.

It can be different people, or it can be one person.

📌 An arrangement can be only something concrete, measurable, with a clear executor, metrics, and a precise deadline. All of this should definitely be reflected in the summary.

‘Tom must change the ink in the printer’ - Tom will definitely change it, but not today, and not tomorrow, but someday. The cooler must be cleaned - well, he must, let him clean it.

🚫 If there are no deadlines, scope and performers, an agreement is not an agreement, and the failure of such non-agreement is the responsibility of the one who made it. More precisely, the one who thought he was making or giving the task.