50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings

DR. SIVASAILAM "THIAGI" THIAGARAJAN is the Resident Mad Scientist at The Thiagi Group, where he specializes in effective and enjoyable performance improvement. Thiagi's clients have included leading organizations like AT&T, Chevron, and Intel. He is internationally recognized as an expert in multinational collaboration and active learning in organizations.

• 1 Memorable Meetings 12 Wishes 53 Reduction 94 Whispers 135 Boring and Useless 156 Optimism 197 The Worst Fear 238 Cancel This Meeting 279 Dysfunctional Meetings 3110 Worries 3511 Ground Rules 3912 Walk the Talk 5113 Guaranteed Results 5514 Explain and Apply 5915 Arrangement 6316 Application Examples 6917 Popular and Unique 7318 Bias Buster 7719 Rotating Perspectives 8120 Number Series 8521 $20 Auction 8922 A Sentence About Me 9323 Remember the Rules 9724 Combined Tasks 10325 Seven Sentences 10726 Trick Questions 11127 Subjective or Objective 11528 Unlearn 11929 Disrupt 12330 Disruptive Behaviors 12731 Roles 13332 Effective Meeting Participant 13733 Paper Balls 14134 Nametags 14535 Finding Partners 14936 First Touch 15337 Back to Back 15738 Co-Creation 16139 Discuss 16540 Secret Mentors 16941 Creativity Collaboration 17342 Working the Room 17743 Inclusion 18144 Who Wrote That? 18545 Meeting Types 18946 Agenda Items 19347 Sarcastic Definitions 19748 A Historic Meeting 20149 Behind the Back 20750 The End 211Acknowledgments 215About the Author 217Index 219