How to Get People to Actually Participate in Virtual Meetings
One of the most challenging aspects of a virtual meeting is keeping people’s attention. It’s important to be thoughtful about how you engage attendees. In the first minute of your meeting, help participants experience the problem you want them to solve by sharing statistics, anecdotes, or analogies that dramatize the issue.
^ADJ: Meetings (and the number of them) has been a focus of ours lately - so much so that we updated our internal meeting guide and it has this key reminder "a meeting starts the minute you send out the meeting request", really a prompt to making the most value out of meetings, and making sure they are valued. If you want a copy of our meeting guide - email me.
Culture Viruses
In large organizations, culture is key. The values and habits of an organization, and what it rewards and punishes, are the background radiation driving towards discrete outcomes in a world of infinite possibility. Your culture is a living thing - it changes and adapts to new teammates, external forces, and the broader environment. And sometimes it gets sick; sometimes your culture gets a virus.
^ADJ: I identified with the un-intentional lack of accountability - see this in so many companies because of a lack of clarity and people being too "nice".
The world’s most popular book on habit change: Atomic Habits
Small repeated habits add up to big changes.
^ADJ: Atomic Habits is one of my favourite and best-rated books - highly recommended.
What I have been reading
The Second in Command: Unleash the Power of Your COO
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building
Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership
3 skills from psychotherapy that can change your brain
Choose reflection over reflex; bring softness, not hostility; and be curious, not judgmental
^ADJ: Some good reminders
ACSC Report
The Annual Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online.
^ADJ: Good reminder for individuals and business to get the basics rights - patching, MFA and managing risk
www.cyber.gov.au