Examining the impact of casual conversations on workplace performance in India

Updated On: 12 February, 2024 08:43 PM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble

As the England cricket team ditches traditional meetings for casual conversations in pursuit of more organic interactions, corporate trainers and senior managers discuss how to make the idea perform well in an Indian workplace

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(Left) Ben Stokes and (right) Brendon McCullum discuss strategies at a practice session in England in 2022. File pic

Meetings have long been a dreaded part of every corporate employee’s day. From repetitive slideshows to complex jargon being thrown around day in, day out, there’s seemingly nothing fun about one. Senior team member and former skipper Joe Root recently revealed in an interview that keeping with coach Brendon McCullum’s Bazball strategy on and off the field, the English team has ditched the meeting room for natural and free-flowing discussions over a coffee or dinner to facilitate genuine, yet productive discussions.

Worth a shot

Praveen Singh, corporate counsellor, is in support of implementing the Bazball approach to corporate environments right off the bat. “The setting of a meeting directly reflects its supposed hierarchy. The moment you walk into a meeting room, individuals assume their positions and determine how much, and what to say. An informal setting like a walk, or a sit down for brunch, blurs these lines and makes everyone feel like an equal contributor,” he shares.

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