Talk, type, read, review

Today I learned about T2R2 meetings:

How to do T2R2 – Talk, type, read, review!?

Once you’ve posed a question, or started a new topic or agenda item, you ask participants to talk, type, read and review in sequence.

Talk – Invite participants to have a short discussion. Give them the opportunity to clarify the topic, build shared understanding, and get their collective brains in gear.

Type – Next, everyone should respond to the topic in a shared space (jamboard, doc, sheet, slide etc) Private space can work too, but then there needs to be some kind of report back mechanism.

Read – Give people time to read silently, or ask volunteers to read out responses. Encourage questions to clarify or elaborate what’s been shared.

Review – Given what’s been shared, prepare for what’s next, or summarize, cluster around key themes, or identify items to put into action, or decisions to make.

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So for example, say your team is trying to figure out how to lessen the amount of unplanned work.

• Talk (10 minutes): Explain the goal, ask questions, agree on the constraints and assumptions.
• Type (15 minutes): Have everyone silently type their ideas and concerns in a Google doc.
• Read (10 minutes): Silently read everyone else’s responses and add inline questions/comments.
• Review (15 minutes): Identify the common themes and get alignment around an experiment.

Boom, in and out in 50 minutes with an experiment. And as a bonus, the meeting is self documenting.

I love this idea for slow processors like myself because writing is thinking. I can’t wait to try it.