You had a solid agenda and walked in expecting thoughtful, aligned input, but according to statistics here is what you got:

• Three are mentally already trying to combine agenda items to be more efficient
• One needs time to process and hates being put on the spot
• Two are shooting down your ideas before you even finish the question
• Three are waiting to respond to something, so they sit in silence, and you take it as agreement
• One whose energy left the building 3 meetings ago

And everyone thinking: “this could’ve been an email”

So what actually happened?

• The most openly opinionated answered first, if it was the most valuable insight or not. The quick thinkers are running the show
• The ones who need to process went internal, and so did their ideas. The deep thinkers have better ideas but you’ll hear about them 2 days from now in an off the cuff comment 
• The polite ones waited for a gap that never came, neither did their input
• And someone was aggressively nodding while fully dis...