Lean Times

How do you make sure your meetings end on time?

We have all been in those meetings that just go on and on, ramble off the agenda or maybe even have no agenda at all.

Everyone is busy these days and cannot afford to waste time in this way.

The team in Diageo have come up with a novel way to monitor the 20 minute timeslot for their weekly planning meeting…..the clock shown above is on the wall beside the operations board and the green segment provides a great visual indicator for them not to overrun.

The team also have a  list of prompts for each meeting:-

  • Start on Time
  • Finish on time
  • All attendees present
  • All boards updated
  • All actions addressed