Comments on: Walking meetings. http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/ When stream of consciousness meets a waterfall. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:37:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maya http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-17250 maya Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:16:23 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/#comment-17250 I just read about standing meetings on another site this week. I could definitely get behind that, at least. Or meetings during which people don't mind if I do yoga. I just read about standing meetings on another site this week. I could definitely get behind that, at least. Or meetings during which people don’t mind if I do yoga.

]]> By: John Hughes Too http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-17247 John Hughes Too Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:27:53 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/#comment-17247 This has become something of a movable feast. Starting at <a href="http://www.arrangingmatches.net/am/2007/03/things_that_sho.html" rel="nofollow">Arranging Matches</a>, then here at Uneasy Rhetoric and now with a transit twist at my <a href="http://rtrider.blogspot.com/2007/03/walking-and-talking.html" rel="nofollow">RT Rider</a> blog. This has become something of a movable feast. Starting at Arranging Matches, then here at Uneasy Rhetoric and now with a transit twist at my RT Rider blog.

]]> By: John Hughes http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-17245 John Hughes Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:05:10 +0000 http://www.uneasyrhetoric.net/2007/03/10/walking-meetings/#comment-17245 I'm a great fan of stories of real spies. The KGB was notorious for holding walking meetings with agents. On more than one occasion in Vienna, a KGB officer walked American spy John Walker around and around in a blizzard to debrief him. When Walker complained, the agent suggested it was more secure to walk and talk. Walking and talking meetings for non-spies would offer a "personal" feel and would be useful for managers talking to subordinates or co-workers trying to sort out issues on a project. However, I don't think walking meetings will work for more than three people because communications become an issue, especially if you are walking on a busy city sidewalk. I’m a great fan of stories of real spies. The KGB was notorious for holding walking meetings with agents. On more than one occasion in Vienna, a KGB officer walked American spy John Walker around and around in a blizzard to debrief him. When Walker complained, the agent suggested it was more secure to walk and talk.

Walking and talking meetings for non-spies would offer a “personal” feel and would be useful for managers talking to subordinates or co-workers trying to sort out issues on a project.

However, I don’t think walking meetings will work for more than three people because communications become an issue, especially if you are walking on a busy city sidewalk.

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