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2-Pizza rule
The 2 pizza rule is a guideline for deciding how many attendees should be invited to a meeting.
According to the rule, every meeting should be small enough that attendees could be fed with two large pizzas.
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Importance of Number of participants in meeting
According to the Stanford study
- Meetings with over 9 attendees are unproductive, as friction grows in proportion to the increase in participant numbers.
- However, in meetings with under 5 people, you run the risk of the participants falling into groupthink. This means people in...
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Consequence of over-sized groups
- Members of over-sized groups tend to lose respect for the meetings. They prepare less in advance and start to take a more passive -even resigned – role.
- The bigger the group, the lower an individual‘s expectation that her involvement will be noticed.
This is the start o...
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Secret of productive meeting
This is also known as the two pizza team concept, and the science behind it has even been confirmed by Stanford University.
They discovered in their research that the most productive meetings have 7 ± 2 participants.
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The Two Pizza Rule in Practice
Think before you invite!
- Who actually needs to be there?
- Who would just be twiddling his thumbs?
- Who can provide a unique perspective?
- Who won’t offer anything new?...
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The 2 pizza rule is a guideline for deciding how many attendees should be invited to a meeting. According to the rule, every meeting should be small enough that attendees could be fed with two large pizzas.
The Two-Pizza Rule
In the early days of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO, instilled the following rule:
- "every internal team should be small enough that it can be fed with two pizzas"
He wasn't skimping on catering - instead, he purposefully wanted to cre...
Jeff Bezos Productivity Tips
- Clarity about his purpose and position helps Jeff Bezos get things done.
- Recognizing meetings are prospective time-wasters, Bezos steers clear of meetings that are not needed.
- He uses the “Two Pizza Rule,” never inviting ...
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