How many hours a day does the average Valve person spend in meetings? How are they organized?
I've looked into some co-ops, including San Francisco's venerable (and very profitable) Rainbow Grocery. One of the biggest complaints is the amount and/or difficulty of meetings, but they see them as necessary to settle issues with sufficient buy-in from all stakeholders. How does Valve minimize that pain?
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How many hours a day does the average Valve person spend in meetings? How are they organized?
I've looked into some co-ops, including San Francisco's venerable (and very profitable) Rainbow Grocery. One of the biggest complaints is the amount and/or difficulty of meetings, but they see them as necessary to settle issues with sufficient buy-in from all stakeholders. How does Valve minimize that pain?
Have you read Valve's article on cabals? It's fairly old, but should give you some insight into how they approach meetings.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3408/the_cabal_valves_...