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Strategies for avoiding bike-shedding
- Have a clear and focused purpose for your meeting. A specific purpose for the meeting filters all other decisions, including who should be attending.
- Understand that the most informed opinions are the most relevant.
- If your purpose is to make a decision, consider having "fewer cooks in the kitchen."
- Getting the result you desire depends on having the right people in the meeting.
- Ensure to have a designated individual in charge of making the final judgment, not a committee.
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Bikeshedding explained
The metaphor is as follows: Imagine a financial committee meeting to discuss a three-point agenda.
- A proposal for a £10 million nuclear power plant
- A proposal for a £350 bike shed
- A proposal for a £21 annual coffee budget
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Having an opinion
The simpler a topic, the more people will have an opinion about it. However, when we mostly understand a topic, we feel compelled to say something, lest we look foolish.
With any topic, we should seek out the inputs from those who have done the work to have an opinion. If ...
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The Law of Triviality
Also known as “bike-shedding" the Law of Triviality states that the amount of time spent discussing an issue in an organization is inversely proportioned to its actual importance. Minor issues will be discussed more, while complex issues will be discussed less.
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