10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings

[SoonerTexan]

http://thecooperreview.com/10-tricks...mart-meetings/

Coworker sent this to me. Gosh darn it, I think they might work. And I recognize some of these...

"Will it scale?"

[poky]

Can we take a step back, ST?

[alotofyarn]

How generalizable is this?

[GrayMatterWife]

We need to incentivize them. (Note: Incentive is not a verb; the word you are searching for is either "bribe" or "extort.")

What are the optics on that? (Code for: this will make me/us look like a the pieces of sh*t that we are)

I'm not seeing the upside. (Translated: "I am not in this for anyone other than myself. ")

Bring a solution, not a problem. (Message: "Don't point out fundamental problems unless you already have a way to solve them that I will love and will not expose me.")

[MAPPLEBUM]

#8 made me LOL. Taking phone calls in meetings is dick. People who say esoteric shit that makes no sense come off as idiots. I tend to think note takers are suck ups.

[poky]

#8 made me LOL. Taking phone calls in meetings is dick. People who say esoteric shit that makes no sense come off as idiots. I tend to think note takers are suck ups.

I take notes in meetings, but only so I don't forget what I need to do!

[SoonerTexan]

I judge note takers in things like dept meetings...fluff meetings with no action items.

[GreyhoundsRUs]

I take notes in meetings, but only so I don't forget what I need to do!

We would always appoint a note taker for department meetings and unofficially amongst a group of us for all staff meetings. Sucks for the one taking notes I can't stand meetings when you don't know the agenda ahead of time.

[MAPPLEBUM]

I take notes in meetings, but only so I don't forget what I need to do!

Yea me too but as I'm writing I always think 'ahh you goddamn suck up!!'

[poky]

Yea me too but as I'm writing I always think 'ahh you goddamn suck up!!'

Heh. Maybe it's because our company is TINY, so there's nobody to impress (we all know each other too well for note-taking to make a difference), or maybe it's because my work is technical, or maybe it's because I know my memory is not perfect, and I can miss important things if I don't write them down, but I never get a "suck up" sense from taking notes. It's clearly for my own benefit so I don't let anything slip through the cracks.