Between 2008 and 2014, YouTube has undergone its hypergrowth phase. To tackle that growth, they developed a set of rituals targeting everything from strategic planning to running meetings.
Once the strategic planning was in place, YouTube executed it using a unique meeting structure.
These are the four types of meetings they had:
1) Decision-making:
Meetings explicitly for decision-making. A tiny group of recurring attendees + a new relevant audience assembled for each session. A write-up describing the decision was sent in advance.
2) Group information sharing
Primarily used for broadcast and coordination - NOT decision making.
3) Tag-ups
A unique meeting format, sometimes called “group 1-1s”. Fixed attendees, meeting time slots, and a “rollover” agenda.
4) 1-1s:
Coaching centric discussions.
And their guiding philosophies:
- no ad-hoc meetings
- reserve "bullpen" time
- use broadcast emails
- come prepared (pre-reads required)
- frame discussions ("eigenquestions")
- avoid rescheduling
- don't be afraid to cancel
Link to the article in the first comment.
#hypergrowth #youtube #startupstrategies
Once the strategic planning was in place, YouTube executed it using a unique meeting structure.
These are the four types of meetings they had:
1) Decision-making:
Meetings explicitly for decision-making. A tiny group of recurring attendees + a new relevant audience assembled for each session. A write-up describing the decision was sent in advance.
2) Group information sharing
Primarily used for broadcast and coordination - NOT decision making.
3) Tag-ups
A unique meeting format, sometimes called “group 1-1s”. Fixed attendees, meeting time slots, and a “rollover” agenda.
4) 1-1s:
Coaching centric discussions.
And their guiding philosophies:
- no ad-hoc meetings
- reserve "bullpen" time
- use broadcast emails
- come prepared (pre-reads required)
- frame discussions ("eigenquestions")
- avoid rescheduling
- don't be afraid to cancel
Link to the article in the first comment.
#hypergrowth #youtube #startupstrategies