How to Run a Meeting like Google

Marissa Mayer’s method of holding meetings at Google. Full article can be found here at Businessweek.com

1. Set a firm agenda.2. Assign a note-taker.

3. Carve out micro-meetings.

4. Hold office hours.
Beginning at 4 p.m., for 90 minutes a day, Mayer holds office hours.
Says Mayer: “Many of our most technologically interesting products have shown up during office hours. Google News, Orkut [Google's social networking site], Google Reviews, and Google Desktop all showed up first in office hours.” During office hours, Mayer can get through up to 15 meetings, averaging seven minutes per person.5. Discourage politics, use data.
One of Mayer’s “Nine Notions of Innovation” is “Don’t politic, use data”

6. Stick to the clock.