If everyone in the office grumbles when there's mention of another meeting to add to already busy schedules, managers may want to take note of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Atomic Object. This software-development firm holds its mandatory company meetings first thing in the morning. Chitchat is kept to a minimum. And everyone is required to stand. "Stand-up meetings are part of a fast-moving tech culture in which sitting has become synonymous with sloth," the Wall Street Journal reports. The goal of stand-ups is to keep meetings short and focused. Stand-up meetings have been used by the military since WWI, but the…
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