Everything you always wanted to know about running Silent Meetings but were too afraid to ask

<h1>What are Silent Meetings?</h1> <p>&ldquo;Silent Meetings&rdquo; are meetings where most of the time is spent working and not talking. When done correctly most of the meeting is spent silently working together.</p> <p>Is it 100% silent? Not really&hellip; A rule of thumb is a silent meeting is where more than 50% of the time is spent silently&nbsp;<em>and</em>&nbsp;the time that is not silent is spent on topics that&nbsp;<em>can&rsquo;t be resolved through comments in a doc</em>&nbsp;(e.g. coordination problems, difficult conversations).</p> <p><em>Where did they start?&nbsp;</em>I&rsquo;m not sure&hellip; but my lineage goes back to Amazon via Square and now Twitter.</p> <h1>Why Silent Meetings?</h1> <p>Silent meetings fix many issues that are common with &ldquo;loud meetings&rdquo;:</p> <p><a href="https://gascad.medium.com/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-running-silent-meetings-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask-5eacbc2da064"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>