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How to appear smart in meetings

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  • #52
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Agricola wrote: »
    I'm sure there are meetings where things of importance get done. Such as in NASA.
    From the The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett
    Lord Vetinari found it best to set up a committee system. More of the ambassadors from other
    countries had arrived at the university, and more heads of the Guilds were pouring in, and every
    single one of them wanted to be involved in the decision-making process without necessarily going
    through the intelligence-using process first.


    About seven committees, he considered, should be about right. And when, ten minutes later, the first
    sub-committee had miraculously budded off, he took aside a few chosen people into a small room, set
    up the Miscellaneous Committee, and locked the door.


  • #53
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,854 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    When I was in college a few years ago the lecturer told us if we do an interview and they offer us a cigarette and you accept it make sure to ask for an ash tray.


  • #54
    sparksfly
    Registered Users Posts: 552 ✭✭✭sparksfly


    Draw something like this on a flipchart.458176.jpg


  • #55
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    Ah, some people get bored and leave when they don't understand what's going on, I wouldn't worry too much about it. Leave it to those who do know :)

    Or else it's genuinely a colossal waste of time and meeting participents have better things to be doing like actual work.

    I've found plenty of PMs over the years just put meetings in diaries to appear to be doing something. Proper agendas and meeting goals are never laid out resulting in an absolute waste of everyone's time and ehhhh more meetings.

    Anyway fair play to those who can see through the bull****tery and get up and leave.


  • #56
    greenspurs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,706 ✭✭✭✭greenspurs


    sparksfly wrote: »
    Draw something like this on a flipchart.458176.jpg

    What the absolute FCUK !?!?!??? :eek:

    Who the fcuk comes up with this "office speak" ?? (sh1te talk)
    247469249_2017413731748359_7675802031635703098_n.jpg

    "Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn



  • #57
    rgodard80a
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 568 ✭✭✭rgodard80a


    I've seen anger used as a meeting/career strategy.
    We had this database administrator working for us who was at least borderline aspergers/sociopath/bipolar and always losing the rag over issues, short tempered etc. To the point of being rude and swearing loudly in an open plan office of 100+ people in a skype conference call.
    People seemed to mistake it for passion for the job.

    Dilbert used to say the most successful meetings where ones where you talked as much as possible without being assigned any follow-up actions.


  • #58
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,800 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Pull a homer

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV2taZ8-0EI




    :pac:


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