Goat at the Olympics

[smokingboot]

I had to chair a meeting last night.

I've never done this before, always thought I would detest doing it and I do.
I did it because the chair was ill, no-one else wanted to do it, we were 10 minutes into an hour's meeting and it just needed to get going. But even now I am dreading going back through the recording and creating, not so much the minutes as the agenda for the next meeting. What do we do now? How would I know? My comfort zone is so far away I'm waiting for the Nostromo to pick me up and take me there. May not be the easiest trip but considering where I start...
Anyway.
Here's what works best for me: give me a project or a task and I can go for it with tunnel vision
Herer's what I can do: I can talk to an audience. I can write stuff. I can listen. I am not a bad researcher, but have no training in data analysis.
Here's what I can't do; keep track of what anyone else is doing. Maths Of Any Kind.
Here's what I don't want to do; tell anyone else what to do. It embarrasses me.
Also, it's difficult to cut across people and get a straight answer to are you actioning this? or yes, but where do you want this to go? I heard some wonderful stuff last night. But what's arising from it? Some of it stays with me, but how shall we use it? I don't know and now my head hurts.

A reward should be waiting for me today, but things have been so weird over the past couple of weeks, I shan't name it lest I tempt some malign imp nearby.

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

If you ever find yourself in that situation again, consider designating someone to take minutes. 😀

[smokingboot]

I felt embarrassed to ask, since all was so silent re the chair! And the last two chairs are brilliant at not only chairing meetings but taking notes during the process. We do have it all recorded, but fortunately, someone who was there has kindly said they'll do the minutes for me.