Meetings, Bloody Meetings

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Meetings, Bloody Meetings is a 1976 British comedy training film that stars John Cleese as a bumbling middle manager. [1] The film was written by John Cleese and Antony Jay, and was produced by Cleese's production company Video Arts. It was followed by More Bloody Meetings .

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Video Arts released an updated version of the film in 2012 with British comedian Will Smith starring as the central character in charge of a meeting. John Cleese is the judge in the dream sequence in the new version.

Summary of correct meeting method from the film

  1. Plan - precise objectives and list subjects
  2. Inform - everyone must know what, why and goals.
  3. Prepare - logical sequence of items and time allocation
  4. Structure and control - evidence, interpretation then action. Stop jumping ahead or cycling back
  5. Summarize and record - decisions recorded and actions assigned

References

  1. ↑ Video Arts Limited (1976), Meetings, Bloody Meetings, Internet Archive, London : Video Arts Ltd. ; Northbrook, Ill. : Video Arts Inc., retrieved 23 May 2021


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