A lot of people have a habit of noting down everything on a piece of paper during a meeting, while some people are specially assigned the job to capture the meeting word by word on their notepad. While this does seem like a healthy habit for people who do not wish to miss out of any suggestions or orders given during the meeting, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was certainly against it. He never liked the idea of people taking notes during the meeting, he wanted them to remember everything instead.
As per a report by The Australian, Apple executive Phil Schiller has revealed this interesting anecdote about Jobs’s views on note-taking. “When Jobs came back in 1997 he set this process up in one of the earliest meetings. Someone was taking notes. He stopped and said ‘why are you writing this down, you should be smart enough to remember this’,” Schiller told the publication. He further revealed that most people who were part of that meeting stopped taking notes and started listening attentively to what was being conveyed at the meeting.
Another interesting fact about Jobs is that he used to do his creative thinking while taking a walk. During his walks, he used to conduct brainstorming sessions with his employees, especially if it was about a serious topic.
In Walter Isaacson’s book “Steve Jobs,” the author revealed an intriguing encounter with Jobs during his famous walk. He invited Jobs to speak on a panel, but Jobs declined, suggesting instead that they take a walk and talk. Isaacson soon discovered that Jobs preferred having serious conversations during long walks. Little did he know that this casual stroll would lead to a significant request: Jobs wanted Isaacson to write his biography. The simple act of walking became the gateway to capturing the life and legacy of the visionary co-founder of Apple.
However, it turns out that he wasn’t the only tech CEO to conduct outdoor meetings.Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey once told the Fortune magazine he prefers taking meetings outdoors. “If I’m with a friend we have our best conversations while walking,” he said. “This meeting format essentially eliminates distractions. So I find it to be a much more productive way to spend time.”
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