This was fun. I definitely could feel the fatigue slowing me down until the timer got me. I also wasted a bunch of time trying to spell specific animals like the wobbegong.

I like the emoji output as well: 203 animals listed:

𓃬𓆊 𓃜𓃘𓅱𓆉𓅃

I think the claim is that people are cutting the trees down and burning them faster than the trees are growing.

Absolutely this [is the claim].

Forests and bogs are massive carbon sinks; if the amount of cellulose within is decreasing, CO2 is being released (net).

As with many things, it depends on the team. Some teams and people really do seem to need some amount of daily direction to have confidence in the work they are doing, and that does have a meaningful impact on productivity.

My bias is always to only participate in frequent recurring meetings as a last resort, but sometimes they seem to be necessary.

One of my basic philosophies, when I ran a team, was “No regularly-scheduled meetings.” Every meeting needed a specific goal and need.

But I worked for a Japanese company, and they take meetings very seriously.

One of my employees suggested daily standups. I tried to support my employees, when they suggested new stuff, so I said “let’s give it a try.”

The Japanese Liaison really liked the idea, but it needed just a little tweak…

In a short time, we were having hour-long meetings every Friday at lunchtime.

Regular meetings, as opposed to ad hoc ones, help establish a consistent team cadence.

Yes, but they can also affect morale, and slow things down (by quite a bit).

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