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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