Meetings, productivity and performance with Matthias Kleven from Shopify

<p>Continuing the series of interviews with 'in the trenches professionals', this week we have Shopify's Matthias Kleven.</p> <p> </p> <p>One of the biggest workplace challenges at the moment is the number of meetings that are in diaries.</p> <p> </p> <p>Of course, meetings can be an essential part of collaboration and productivity, but the conversations I’ve been having lately with coaching clients and in audiences I speak to suggests that the amount of time spent in meetings is detracting rather than adding to productivity and wellbeing.</p> <p> </p> <p>Matthias is a sales lead at Shopify which is a company that had a pretty punchy response to the whole too many meetings conundrum at the start of 2023.</p> <p> </p> <p>Matthias explains how the new Shopify meeting policies were implemented and what it’s meant from a practical point of view when it comes to getting work done and managing his team.</p> <p> </p> <p>We talk about asynchronous work and other more effective methods of communication, work life balance, prioritising, natural energy rhythms and the concept of Deep Work.</p> <p> </p> <p>There are some great insights from this conversation that can be applied to anybody’s workflow to boost productivity, effectiveness and wellbeing.</p> <p> </p> <p>Matthias also has his own podcast, Free Shipping, where he interviews merchants and entrepreneurs about their journeys.</p> <p><a href= "https://rss.com/podcasts/freeshippinguk">https://rss.com/podcasts/freeshippinguk</a></p> <p> </p> <p>You can connect with Matthias via LinkedIn</p> <p><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiaskleven">https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiaskleven</a></p> <p> </p>