Meet Up!
Better Meetings Through Nudging

Use nudging from behavioural economics to make meetings more productive by improving focus, orientation, involvement, and commitment.

Martin J. Eppler (Author), Sebastian Kernbach (Author)

9781108828796, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 January 2021

185 pages
23 x 15.3 x 1 cm, 0.24 kg

This book is about meetings and providing a new perspective from behavioural economics called nudging to make meetings more productive and enjoyable. Nudging hacks into the fast, automatic, subconscious system in human reasoning to breed success in every get-together. Once you know the foundations of focus, orientation, involvement, and commitment, the advantages of nudging are evident. The authors provide an explanation of nudge theory and 6 principles of how nudging affects our behavior. Examples from the actions and choices of the Dalai Lama, Ray Dalio, and Barack Obama demonstrate how nudging can make a difference. Based on theory, the book also gives 100 very practical nudges to improve meeting productivity that can be used by any meeting leader or participant.

Foreword
1. Introduction: From Meeting to Meet-up
2. Background: the Nudging Approach for Meetings
3. Case Study: Meet-ups in Practice
4. Meet-up Model: Four Cornerstones for Better Meetings
5. Focus: Concentrating on the Right Thing
6. Orientation: a Navigator for Meetings
7. Involvement: Nudges for Better Involvement
8. Commitment: Achieving Results through Motivation and Transparency
9. Conclusion and Outlook: Mobilising Meet-ups
Appendix.

Subject Areas: Organizational theory & behaviour [KJU], Management decision making [KJMD], Management: leadership & motivation [KJMB], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH]