In Part 1, Andrew Maxfield and Juliana Birkhoff discuss the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a measure enacted in 1972 to ensure that advice by advisory committees is objective and accessible to
In this episode, CBI's Managing Director Patrick Field talks to Noah Susskind about "public apologies"—apologies to the public on behalf of oneself or one's organization.
It's time to break the rules. Consider this new way to run your meetings, build consensus, and get results. Every day, groups of all kinds attempt to reach agreement using Robert's Rules of Order. These arcane rituals—otherwise known as parliamentary procedure—usually produce a victorious majority and a dissatisfied minority that can't wait to bring issues up again until it gets what it wants. Indeed, decisions made by "majority rule" are inherently unstable and usually produce far less satisfying results than if everyone had worked together.