Do you find that the meetings you organize sometimes drifts into a “topic slip” midway, or ends with the action items being agreed upon by all participants but not get assigned to individuals?
In this excerpt from his new book Principles: Life and Work, Ray Dalio, founder, co-chair and co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund company, which has become known for creating a unique culture of radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making, shares his advice for how to run meetings that don’t go off the rails: