Gathering in the Sadler's Cafe all 8 of us circled to discuss the updates of the week and future planning. I've been to staff meetings before, but this was different. Jane Hacket and Fiona Ross, the Connect Dept. heads, were leading the discussion. Jane started the meeting with a reminder and a new idea of running the meetings from then on. In the weekly team meetings, in order not to be distracted by the details and the 'knitty-gritty', each project is to be explained/introduced in an 'overall' voice. This new approach is to attempt to retain the true meaning and goal of the project rather than being buried under and dictated by the minute details of the day-to-day. I like this approach. So many times we can get lost in the schedules, papers, names, times, contact lists, dates, etc that we forget about the true message, benefit, inspiration, and education of all of our efforts can achieve.
I like this tactic. Even in the team meetings, the way we discuss projects is different. This allows much more creative freedom and process which ultimately develops a stronger team and better project outcome.
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