How can you challenge yourself to make a tiny improvement to a routine task?
While sitting in a meeting last week, I realized that the way people took notes sharply impacted their ability to implement meaningful change after a meeting. That made me wonder if making changes to the note-taking environment (i.e., the paper you take notes on) can change behavior in the days following a meeting.
I designed a simple note-taking template that invites you to write things down as three categories: 1) general notes, or the pure information you receive during the meeting, 2) ideas for later, or stuff that pops into your head that you won’t address at the moment, but want to remember, and 3) action items. Since information overwhelm can stunt productivity, I believe that organizing your notes in this manner will help you work better.
Want to help me test my hypothesis? Print out the template below, use it for your next meeting, and let me know how it goes.
Print this: A template for better meetings || 2lch (PDF)
Hope it helps!