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What’s got your attention?
Meetings often begin abruptly and end without closure, with participants mentally elsewhere. This hidden tax on productivity stems from poor transitions between activities, where distractions, emotions, and unresolved thoughts from previous interactions affect current engagement.
Groups have been checking in with each other to start sessions since forever, but several studies into high-stress operational environments have proven the importance of this extremely simple pattern (that every meeting, project, or general group moment should be bookended by a check-in and checkout). Whether you’re a helicopter crew heading out to an oil rig on the North Sea, or surgeons about to start an emergency operation, context sharing before getting down to business has been proven to reduce mistakes and improve outcomes.
Therefore…
Begin and end every significant group interaction with intentional check-in and checkout rounds. Each person briefly shares without interruption: