Six Great Icebreakers for Remote Meetings & Workshops

We’ve all participated in some cringe-worthy icebreakers before. A good meeting/workshop icebreaker should do three things: Bring people together Teach them something new about each other Get their minds in the right headspace for the task ahead Here are a few great non-traditional icebreakers for your next remote meeting or workshop. Superhero Imagine yourself as a […]

The Possibilities-Based Approach to Strategic Decision Making

Making a big decision with a group of people is never an easy process. A big decision generally means a great deal is riding on the outcome, and thus, emotions will be high and opinions strong. How do you navigate those waters?

Why You Should Try Meeting Segues + My Top Five

I commonly walk into meetings thinking about all kinds of topics that aren’t the real focus of the meeting—my last meeting, the nagging to-do I have to complete, my overflowing email inbox, my promise to my family to pick up dinner on the way home from work, etc. These types of thoughts and concerns aren’t […]

Five Tools for Facilitating a Fair, Effective Internal Meeting

At Atomic, we often meet with colleagues in-person for recurring working sessions as well as targeted ad hoc meetings. I work with many experienced, smart people with diverse perspectives, great ideas, and strong opinions, and bringing everyone’s ideas together can be complicated. Here are a few things I’ve found helpful when facilitating internal work meetings […]

Six Ways to Ensure People Don’t Dread Your Meeting

Meetings fill a lot of our working days, yet most people dread them or don’t understand why they have to attend so many. I haven’t confirmed this with Google, but I think meetings are in the running as the subject of the most memes. (Spoiler: None say, “Please schedule another meeting!” without sarcasm.) I have […]

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Six Great Icebreakers for Remote Meetings & Workshops

The Possibilities-Based Approach to Strategic Decision Making

Why You Should Try Meeting Segues + My Top Five

Five Tools for Facilitating a Fair, Effective Internal Meeting

Six Ways to Ensure People Don’t Dread Your Meeting