GoKawiilOxford neuroscience lab replaces slide talks with silent-reading memo meetings
Manuel Spitschan's circadian-neuroscience laboratory adopted a 'memo meeting' format, borrowed from Amazon, in April 2024. Each month the team spends 20 minutes silently reading a six-page memo written by one member, then discusses it for 70 minutes; separate weekly check-ins still cover logistics. Since starting, the group has produced around 50,000 words of memos covering topics from experiment design to a postdoc's career uncertainty.