Focus at Studios

Fun times at BBC Studios, with new CEO Tom Fussell firmly in place. Here's an extract from the Harvard Business Review, from a piece entitled Stop Wasting People’s Time with Meetings.

Too often, it’s not clear what a meeting is meant to achieve. Instead, the chair starts with the meeting with some pleasantries before rattling through the agenda.

Tom Fussell, CEO of BBC Studios, uses a different approach. He maps agenda items to the organization’s strategic priorities to focus the discussion. He also starts meetings by reminding people what they’re there to do. He encourages everyone to speak, noting that “it may take longer to make a decision, but it’s faster to make better decisions.”