The Bike Shed and the Atomic Power Plant and Agenda Detection Source

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2title: 'The Bike Shed and the Atomic Power Plant and Agenda Detection'
3date: '2007-08-22'
4published_at: '2007-08-22T08:21:00.000+10:00'
5tags: ['leadership', 'management', 'work']
6author: 'Gavin Jackson'
7excerpt: 'Two interesting stories that I have referenced recently - the first story explains the concept of Bike Sheds vs the Atomic Power Plant, and sheds some light on why managers and people sometimes behav...'
8updated_at: '2007-08-22T08:40:32.842+10:00'
9legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2007/08/bike-shed-and-atomic-power-plant-and.html'
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12Two interesting stories that I have referenced recently - the first story explains the concept of Bike Sheds vs the Atomic Power Plant, and sheds some light on why managers and people sometimes behave funny when they firmly believe they are a subject matter expert in a particular field.
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14[http://blog.nordquist.org/?p=1405](http://blog.nordquist.org/?p=1405)
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16The second article discusses Management Players and Pawns, Pros and Cons and provides some real insight into the structure of meetings - in particular, which one you should go to, and those you should extract yourself from.
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18[ http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2004/02/08/agenda_detection.html](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2004/02/08/agenda_detection.html)
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---
title: 'The Bike Shed and the Atomic Power Plant and Agenda Detection'
date: '2007-08-22'
published_at: '2007-08-22T08:21:00.000+10:00'
tags: ['leadership', 'management', 'work']
author: 'Gavin Jackson'
excerpt: 'Two interesting stories that I have referenced recently - the first story explains the concept of Bike Sheds vs the Atomic Power Plant, and sheds some light on why managers and people sometimes behav...'
updated_at: '2007-08-22T08:40:32.842+10:00'
legacy_url: 'http://www.gavinj.net/2007/08/bike-shed-and-atomic-power-plant-and.html'
---

Two interesting stories that I have referenced recently - the first story explains the concept of Bike Sheds vs the Atomic Power Plant, and sheds some light on why managers and people sometimes behave funny when they firmly believe they are a subject matter expert in a particular field.

[http://blog.nordquist.org/?p=1405](http://blog.nordquist.org/?p=1405)

The second article discusses Management Players and Pawns, Pros and Cons and provides some real insight into the structure of meetings - in particular, which one you should go to, and those you should extract yourself from.

[ http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2004/02/08/agenda_detection.html](http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2004/02/08/agenda_detection.html)