How to have great meetings tip 3: Invite people who contribute to the output

23 Mar 2022 · 1 min

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In this short instructional segment, the speaker emphasizes that the primary purpose of any meeting is to produce a specific output—such as ideas, approvals, document designs, or reviews. To achieve this, only individuals who can directly contribute to creating and delivering that output should be invited. The speaker advises meeting organizers to first define the desired output, then curate the invite list based on each person's ability to add value toward that output, warning that inviting irrelevant participants leads to wasted time and reduced value for all.

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How to have a great meeting. Tip number 3: only invite people who will contribute to the output. The purpose of a meeting is to produce something. It might be ideas, it might be approval, might be designing a particular document, reviewing something. Whatever it is, you're going to have a specific output, and the people in the meeting should be contributing to that output. If you don't do this, you're going to invite people who might not contribute or add value or even get value from the meeting. So when you're creating your list of meeting invites, think about the output you want and only invite people who are going to contribute to the creation and delivery of the output you want.