Zoom创始人兼CEO埃里克·袁（Eric Yuan）在接受《纽约时报》采访时分享了提升Zoom会议效率的建议。他强调，成功的会议关键在于两个方面：充分的准备，包括明确参会人员和议程；以及营造一个鼓励参会者真实表达的环境。袁认为，过度拘谨和礼貌反而会阻碍有效沟通，适度的打断是允许的，会后也应有跟进。他还提到，会议时长不宜超过三小时，并分享了自己使用办公室作为虚拟背景以及通过聊天功能提前告知离开会议的习惯。亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯也曾表示，偏爱“混乱”而非过度规划的会议，以激发更多讨论和不同意见。

🤝 鼓励真实表达：Zoom CEO埃里克·袁认为，在Zoom会议中，参会者应避免过于拘谨和礼貌，鼓励大家“做自己”，适度的打断也是可以接受的，这样才能促进更坦诚的交流和意见的碰撞。

🎯 会议准备是关键：袁强调，高效会议的首要条件是充分的准备，包括精心挑选参会人员，确保都是必要参与者，并制定清晰的会议议程，让大家提前了解会议目标和讨论方向。

⏱️ 控制会议时长与跟进：袁建议Zoom会议不宜超过三小时，并指出会议结束后进行必要的跟进工作同样重要，以确保会议成果能够落地。他个人习惯在会议结束后通过聊天功能告知离开，并会在邮件签名中提供会议链接。

💡 CEO们的共识：Zoom CEO的观点与亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯不谋而合。贝索斯也推崇“混乱”的会议，认为这能激发更多元的观点和深入的讨论，而非仅仅呈现预先设定好的结论。

Eric Yuan founded Zoom in 2011 and took the company public in 2019.Yuan said he prefers his Zoom meetings to be informal so that attendees "can be themselves."Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he likes meetings to be "messy," where people offer dissenting views.

Zoom CEO Eric Yuan says there are two things people need to do if they want to make their Zoom calls more productive.

"Number one, you need to prepare: who to invite, who not to invite, and a very clear agenda," Yuan said in an interview with The New York Times published Sunday.

"The second thing: Make sure everyone can be themselves," he added.

Yuan said people should avoid being "too nice, too polite" when they are on a Zoom call.

"It's becoming too formal. It's OK to interrupt a little bit. And after the meeting, you need to have some follow-up," he told the Times.

Yuan said that what separates a good meeting from a bad one depends on whether participants are engaged. He added that Zoom meetings should not run for more than three hours.

Representatives for Yuan at Zoom did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Yuan told the Times that he cycled through different virtual backgrounds for his Zoom calls. Now, he's using his office as a background.

When it comes to signing off a call, Yuan said he takes a nondescript approach.

"Sometimes I just send a channel message: 'Sorry, I got to do something.' I use the chat a lot before I leave," Yuan said, adding that he includes a Zoom meeting link on his email signature in case people want to set up meetings with him.

Yuan isn't the only CEO who believes that meetings should be free-flowing to spur discussions.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at The New York Times DealBook Summit last year that he prefers "messy" meetings instead of overly scripted ones.

"You don't want the whole thing to be figured out and then presented to you," Bezos said.

"You want to be part of the sausage-making. Like, show me the ugly bits. And I always ask, 'Are there any dissenting opinions on the team?' I want to try and get to the controversy," he added.