Matthias Kleven (Shopify) - Meetings, productivity and performance

Continuing the series of interviews with 'in the trenches professionals', this week we have Shopify's Matthias Kleven. One of the biggest workplace challenges at the moment is the number of meetings that are in diaries. Of course, meetings can be an essential part of collaboration and productivity, but the conversations I’ve been having lately with coaching clients and in audiences I speak to suggests that the amount of time spent in meetings is detracting rather than adding to productivity and wellbeing. Matthias is a sales lead at Shopify which is a company that had a pretty punchy response to the whole too many meetings conundrum at the start of 2023. Matthias explains how the new Shopify meeting policies were implemented and what it’s meant from a practical point of view when it comes to getting work done and managing his team. We talk about asynchronous work and other more effective methods of communication, work life balance, prioritising, natural energy rhythms and the concept of Deep Work. There are some great insights from this conversation that can be applied to anybody’s workflow to boost productivity, effectiveness and wellbeing. Matthias also has his own podcast, Free Shipping, where he interviews merchants and entrepreneurs about their journeys. https://rss.com/podcasts/freeshippinguk You can connect with Matthias via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiaskleven