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Does the following situation sound familiar? Tuesday afternoon 2 PM ... a meeting ... : one large table with coffee and water. Around ten comfortable meeting chairs for all participants to take a seat, usually arriving late. After an hour, you suddenly hear your name in the distance. Dumbfounded, you look up! You startle as you find everyone in the room looking at you. Oh yes, you are in a meeting. It’s so easy to doze off in such a comfortable chair. Most likely, you were not the only one whose thoughts had wandered. You glance around the room and see one colleague checking their emails while another is yawning across the table from you. Meetings revisited A new dynamic is required to increase the activation level in meetings. Stand-up meetings offer a solution. 1. Research shows that stand-up meetings take at least 34% less time. 2. Participants stay alert which benefits the efficiency of the meeting. 3. Standing up allows you to express more nonverbal communication, aiding in how your opinion comes across. 4. Standing up means moving more. And everyone knows that regular exercise is healthy. 5. In a stand-up meeting, colleagues tend to behave less territorially and are more included to share ideas and collaborate.