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running-meetings

Guides facilitation of decision-oriented meetings using frameworks from Lenny's Podcast and Newsletter.

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Search Tags:#product management#team alignment#action items#facilitation#decision-making#agenda#Meetings
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill running-meetings
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: running-meetings
Source: https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills/tree/main/skills/running-meetings
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/RefoundAI/lenny-skills --skill running-meetings

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Recurring meetings often become status-report time sinks with ambiguous outcomes, dominant voices, and action items that never get done. This Skill provides structured facilitation guidance, agendas, and decision-making frameworks so meetings produce decisions, alignment, and clear ownership.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Meeting Audits & Design: Evaluate whether recurring meetings solve a real problem, set explicit goals (understanding, alignment, connection), and choose the right cadence for team size.
  • Facilitation Frameworks: Apply 47 named artifacts including Dory and Pulse, Note-and-Vote, silent-read meetings, brainwriting, and the WWW (Who/What/When) action clarity test.
  • Use Case: A PM lead inherits a weekly team meeting that has devolved into status updates. Use this Skill to restructure it with a shared agenda doc, a 'what feels hard' psychological safety segment, live-in-meeting action items, and a monthly cadence.

Quick Start

Help me redesign my weekly PM team meeting so it drives decisions instead of status updates.

Frequently Asked Questions about running-meetings

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I run more effective team meetings?▼

Start by defining the specific problem the meeting solves and whether it could be handled asynchronously. Structure the agenda around decisions, use silent reading or written input to equalize voices, and end with clear owners and deadlines for every action item.

How often should a PM team meet?▼

The guidance recommends one to two times per month. Larger teams should meet less frequently, weekly meetings become redundant with 1:1s, and meeting less than monthly loses most benefits beyond social bonding.

What is the Dory and Pulse meeting framework?▼

Dory and Pulse is a two-part decision-making ritual from Shishir Mehrotra. Pulse collects written opinions simultaneously with responses hidden until complete, while Dory lets the group submit questions in writing and vote on discussion priority, removing groupthink.

How do I stop meetings from becoming status updates?▼

Move information sharing to asynchronous channels like documents, dashboards, or short video clips before the meeting. Reserve synchronous time for discussion and decisions, following Annie Duke's discover-discuss-decide separation.

How do I make sure meeting action items actually get done?▼

Apply the WWW test: clarify who will do what by when for every item. Complete small tasks live during the meeting while screensharing, and end with Alisa Cohn's three questions about decisions, owners, and who else needs to know.

When should a meeting be replaced with asynchronous communication?▼

Replace meetings when the goal is one-way information sharing, status reporting, or communicating a nuanced concept that a short video or document covers better. Keep synchronous time for high-complexity debate and strategic decisions.

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