In such redefined institutions the tasks of leadership would be to convene people and engage them in the everyday challenges of how to plan, organize, discipline, and ensure that the right people are on the team and doing the job right. It is time to create organizations that fit the committed and caring. Value the act of convening as a primary part of one's job. Defining the critical questions and determining who should participate in the conversation are tasks for every moment. Meetings are not a distraction from work and thinking is not lost production.
People talking and deciding are the work in the new world.
Learn how to design a meeting. Robert's Rules are for order, not for rethinking work and building commitment. Clear agendas, minutes, votes, allocated time, postponed tensions are artifacts of efficiency from the industrial model. Take over the design for productive interaction from trainers and consultants. Be a focusing lens, define the difficult issues, then join the group as a powerful equal.