How to run meetings that don't suck

Lisa Karlin Curtis, Tech Lead at incident.io, shares her insights on running effective meetings in an episode of the podcast. She emphasizes the importance of empathy in the workplace and provides actionable advice for conducting successful meetings. Drawing from her experience as a consultant at Accenture and a software engineer, Lisa highlights common mistakes people make when leading meetings, such as lack of clarity about the meeting's purpose and insufficient social capital to enforce alignment. She also discusses the importance of acknowledging human aspects in work interactions and offers tips for striking a balance between preparation and execution. Additionally, she shares her experience with calendar cleansing and how Incident approaches this trend by emphasizing structured communication, documentation, and asynchronous methods.