The Science of Whispers
Research finds:
Clear purpose and structure generate higher productivity.
Happier teams focus on problem-solving and action-planning.
Information shared in the first 10 minutes of meetings has the most powerful effect on decisions.
"A problem well-stated is a problem half-solved.”
— Charles Kettering
Whispers gives you Instant Minutes
...structures your meeting notes around key issues and decisions.
...suggests clarifications and follow-ups.
Research finds:
Diverge before you converge. Effective decision-making requires diversity of views and discomfort.
High-quality discussions require a mix of thinking styles.
The biggest predictor of meeting success is clear, shared goals.
Differences become productive when reframed as mutual risks.
"The mind will ever be unstable that has only prejudices to rest on.”
— Mary Wollstonecraft
Whispers gives you Sharper Thinking
...compares your discussion against its objectives, in real-time.
...proactively guides you to achieve:
Goal clarity
Idea diversity
Evidence solidity
Questions and inquiry
Risk transparency
Research finds:
40% of performance is determined by how team members interact.
(Only 15% is determined by individual intelligence).
Conflict breakthroughs depend on engaging people's values and needs, not just their declared positions. Facilitators call this 'going below the surface'.
Leaders who actively facilitate discussions (explaining, paraphrasing, policing, clarifying) markedly improve meeting satisfaction.
Psychological safety accelerates learning and performance.
“The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar and coffee. And I pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.”
— John D. Rockefeller
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
— Abraham Lincoln