Yes, there was a long gap between the two meetings, but that actually served us well. I had a lot of time to mull over the diverse and frank opinions expressed during that night’s conversations.

For a change, there was a humongous opinion difference in every topic we discussed that night. Right from providing encouragement to understanding what motivates people. We extensively studied some of the characteristics of our colleagues in an attempt to understand what works and what does not. The conversation, by no means, came to a conclusion. Case in point: we covered only a fifth of the chapter that night!

Some take-away points from that night:

• We will soon be switching to afternoon meetings (same weekdays) because majority of the regular attendees are from Fiserv-Hillsboro anyway and there has been a growing demand to cater to the family folks
• We are going to focus more on actionable items while debating the pros and cons of the countless ideas that seem to spring during the conversations
• I will add a new section on the blog to collect these actionable items

Anyway, I loved the energy and opinion differences that night and hope to continue on that path for a long time to come.

Here’s a link to the MindMap for our all important chapter: Chapter 7: People