a structured meeting with few rules. Participants gather, build an agenda, and begin talking.
— Making Work Visible, Second Edition, Dominica Degrandis
Lean Coffee
2 of our books and 1 talk define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
A popular style of unconference is Lean Coffee, where attendees write down their ideas on sticky notes, dot vote, and discuss the ideas with the most dots
— Sooner Safer Happier, in “Chapter 8: Create a Learning Ecosystem”, Jonathan Smart
we introduced a Lean Coffee style format, which means participants could offer topics and participants could vote which topic gets spoken about
— Smita Patnaik, Curtis Reister · Creating a Learning Culture in MISO Software Engineering, Las Vegas 2025 · at 12:05
See also Lean · Lean Pizza · A3 · behavioral ninja move · Capacity Utilization · Conflicting Priorities
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