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Lean Coffee

No agenda until the meeting starts: the team proposes topics, votes, and discusses them in strict timeboxes, thumb-voting to continue or move on. Democratic and energizing.

Steps

  1. 5 min
    Set up the board

    Three columns: to discuss, discussing, discussed. Explain the rules.

  2. 8 min
    Propose topics

    Everyone writes topics — one per note — and pitches each in one sentence.

  3. 5 min
    Dot vote

    Two votes each; order the queue by votes.

  4. 34 min
    Timeboxed discussions

    8 minutes per topic; thumbs up/down decides continue or next.

  5. 8 min
    Capture actions

    Walk the discussed column; write down agreed actions with owners.