Ever been in one of those meetings where no one, including the presenter, has no clue what the topic is and more importantly, WHY the meeting has been scheduled in the first place? Yeah, we thought so
The fundamentals of attending a meeting (even if you don't want to) is to act as if you are listening and paying attention. However, if you are one of those ballsy ones and want to see how far you can
Anytime, anyone mentions any metrics/numbers/stats, just repeat it with a 'Oh wow'. For example: 57% of members do not like our app, "Oh wow, 57% of our members do not like our app!" 1 in 5 people lov
Doesn't matter if the Devs are talking about changing the entire codebase from Java to Ruby on Rails. Also doesn't matter that you think one is a form of coffee while the other is literally "rubies on
Next time you are in a meeting and the presenter asks "Any questions" ask them to pull up slide #2, you clearly don't know what's on slide 2, the audience DEFINITELY does not know what was on slide #2
The trick to looking super smart in a meeting is to appear as if you are a visionary. And nothing screams visionary than a person writing super fluffy/ stand alone meaningless words on the whiteboard.
By this point, you must have figured out that no one pays attention to meetings. Your goal is to be excellent at not paying attention by looking extra invested into the meeting. So what can you do oth