科技界的从业者普遍对会议感到厌倦,32%的人认为许多会议是没有必要的。
研究发现,会议对生产力有负面影响,超过一半的开发者认为大约三分之一的会议是在浪费时间。
糟糕的会议行为还与市场份额下降、创新能力降低和就业稳定性下滑相关。
然而,会议对于协作、决策和知识分享仍然很重要。
因此,需要重新思考会议的必要性以及如何改进会议质量。
比如,确定真正需要参与的人、制定明确的议程、控制会议时间和提供明确的决策路径等都可以提高会议效率。
一些大公司也在采取措施减少会议数量,例如设立无会议日,限制参会人数等。
同时,探索替代会议的工具和方式,如远程协作工具和信息共享平台,也可以提高协作效率。
尽管疫情后很多人选择远程工作,会议已经成为大家默认的协作方式,然而,这也使大家感受到了巨大的压力。
不过,通过认真分析、关心他人并使用合适的工具,都可以让会议成为有价值的活动,而不是负担。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 科技 | kē jì | science and technology |
| 界 | jiè | (bound form) boundary; border / (bound form) realm |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 从业者 | cóng yè zhě | people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal / general / widespread / common |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 会议 | huì yì | meeting / conference |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 厌倦 | yàn juàn | to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | doesn't exist / to not be |
| 必要 | bì yào | necessary / essential / indispensable / required |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 生产力 | shēng chǎn lì | production capability / productive force / productivity |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 负面 | fù miàn | negative |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 开发者 | kāi fā zhě | developer |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 分之 | fēn zhī | (indicating a fraction) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 浪费 | làng fèi | to waste / to squander |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 糟糕 | zāo gāo | too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad |
| 行为 | xíng wéi | action; conduct; behavior; activity |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) |
| 市场 | shì chǎng | (economics) market |
| 份额 | fèn é | share / portion |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 创新 | chuàng xīn | innovation |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 降低 | jiàng dī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 就业 | jiù yè | employment |
| 稳定性 | wěn dìng xìng | stability |
| 下滑 | xià huá | to slide down (a slope etc) / (fig.) to decline |
| 相关 | xiāng guān | to be interrelated |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 对于 | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 协作 | xié zuò | cooperation / coordination |
| 决策 | jué cè | strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision |
| 知识 | zhī shi | knowledge |
| 分享 | fēn xiǎng | to share (let others have some of sth good) |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 思考 | sī kǎo | to reflect on / to ponder over |
| 必要性 | bì yào xìng | necessity |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 改进 | gǎi jìn | to improve; to make better |
| 质量 | zhì liàng | quality / quality and quantity |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 确定 | què dìng | to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | really; indeed |
| 参与 | cān yù | to participate (in sth) |
| 制定 | zhì dìng | to draw up; to formulate |
| 明确 | míng què | clear-cut; definite; explicit |
| 议程 | yì chéng | agenda / agenda item |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer / to supply / to provide / to furnish |
| 路径 | lù jìng | path / route / method / ways and means |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 采取 | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out / to take |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure / step |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 例如 | lì rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 无 | wú | no / none |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | to restrict / to limit / to confine |
| 参会 | cān huì | to attend a conference or meeting |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 同时 | tóng shí | at the same time; simultaneously |
| 探索 | tàn suǒ | to explore; to probe |
| 替代 | tì dài | to substitute for / to replace / to supersede |
| 工具 | gōng jù | tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) |
| 如 | rú | as / as if / such as |
| 远程 | yuǎn chéng | remote / long distance / long range |
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 共享 | gòng xiǎng | to share / to enjoy together |
| 平台 | píng tái | platform |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 疫情 | yì qíng | epidemic situation |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 默认 | mò rèn | tacit approval / default (setting) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 使 | shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense / to feel (through the senses) / to experience |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; enormous; gigantic |
| 压力 | yā lì | pressure |
| 不过 | bù guò | but / however |
| 通过 | tōng guò | by means of; through; via |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 分析 | fēn xī | analysis |
| 关心 | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
| 他人 | tā rén | another person; sb else; other people |
| 并 | bìng | and / together with |
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use / to employ / to apply / to make use of |
| 合适 | hé shì | suitable; fitting; appropriate |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 负担 | fù dān | burden |