Lean Coffee is based on an idea from Jim Benson, you can watch our last year's video recording to get an idea.

To participate in the Lean Coffee follow the Zoom link (when you are logged on, so see a video icon to click on this page).

The Lean Coffee will be facilitated by Harry Nieboer.

You can choose how you want to participate.

Participate as a viewer
In that case, just stay in the Zoom session and watch the Lean Coffee Table on the screen Harry will be sharing.

Participate actively
That works best when you have a second screen.
After a short introduction, Harry will share a link to the Lean Coffee Table in the chat.
That works best when you have a second screen.

At the Lean Coffee Table you create a guest account (just enter a name, no need to enter more details now) and you'll be given the option to watch a short introduction.

Adding topics
You can add topics you would like to talk about by just entering a title. The topic will be added to the table with your name on it. When we're done entering topics, we give topic ‘owners' the opportunity to give a two sentence long pitch on their topic.

Voting for topics
Each participant gets three votes, we vote on the topics we prefer most.

Discussing the topics
The facilitator starts the discussion with the topic that received most votes. We spend three minutes on the topic, do a roman vote to add some more minutes or proceed to the next topic.
This way we cover a lot of topics in a very effective way, including and unleashing everybody.

The Lean Coffee Table is open early, so you can already add your topics before the session.
(If you want to take a look already, you can follow this link).

The tool we use, Lean Coffee Table, is ideal for distributed meetings, as the lightweight format ensures that:

1. The attendees talk about what they want to at that moment in time
   • The agenda is built and prioritized at the beginning of the meeting
   • Tap straight into their multiple perspectives and capture insights
2. Maintain focus and avoid disappearing down rabbit holes
   • Each topic discussion is tightly time-boxed. Attendees determine which topics get more or less airtime
3. Capture the actions and insights share them immediately afterwards
   • Actions, comments and learnings are captured by the facilitator or anyone else as the meeting progresses. End results will be circulated in a generated (and curated) .pdf afterwards
4. Join the meeting on any device.
   • You can add topics, vote and record lessons through your phone, laptop or tablet