{"id":932,"date":"2015-08-27T14:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/?p=932"},"modified":"2017-07-15T08:49:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T05:49:05","slug":"firemen-donuts-and-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/firemen-donuts-and-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Firemen, donuts and meetings…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When a building is burning down, fireman coordinate their actions, make decisions and save lives.<\/p>\n

They do this without Executive desk chairs or Steers Donuts. They do it without subcommittees, McKinsey\/PWC\/Dolphins Group studies or input from the boss in another city.<\/p>\n

To quote Al Pittampalli, “why bother going to a meeting if you’re not prepared to change your mind?” To which I’d add, “Don’t bother having a meeting if you’re not there to change or make a decision right now.”<\/p>\n

Somewhere along the way, meetings changed into events where we wait for someone to take responsibility (while everyone else dives for cover).<\/p>\n

How would you do it differently if the building were burning down? Because it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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