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town hall

/ˈtaʊn ˌhɔːl/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A broadcast styled as a conversation: the questions are pre-submitted, the hard one is read aloud, and the answer is taken offline, where it remains.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. An all-hands gathering where leadership shares direction and the wider organization can ask questions.

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See also

alignmentThe state of having agreed on the word 'alignment.'
change managementThe workstream that explains the new tool to the people who will still lack the authority the old tool was missing.
data cultureThe thing a poster is bought to fix, on the model of curing a leak by framing a photograph of a dry ceiling.
operating rhythmA schedule of recurring meetings mistaken for the work they were meant to coordinate. The rhythm is reliable; the operating is pending.