Meetings and groups

Groups are harder, because the turn is contested and the finish is less clear, and because the jump in a meeting has an audience.

Wait for the finish, then say the thing. The rule doesn't change. If you have the point about the north region, you have it at Priya's finish, not at the dip. Write "dip" on the pad and wait. When she stops, count one, and then say it. It'll be the same point, heard by a room that watched you wait for it, and it'll carry more.

Note the thing. In a group the held thoughts pile up, and the pad is what stops them from coming out in overlap. One word per thought. At the finish, pick the one that's still worth it. Usually one of three.

Hand back in public. If you've jumped in a meeting, the hand-back is the same, and more valuable, because the room sees it. "Sorry, Priya, go on." Then let her. The room learns something about you from that, and it's the opposite of what it learned from the jump.

Use the chair. If someone is chairing, let them manage the turns. If you're chairing, your job is to protect the finishes, which means noticing the person who's been jumped on and saying "hang on, I don't think you'd finished". That's the best use of a chair there is, and it's rare.

Make room for the quiet ones. In every meeting there's someone who never gets to a finish, because they leave a proper gap and the gap gets taken. If you're a jumper, you've probably taken it. Once you're leaving the half-second, you'll notice them starting, and you can leave a second half-second so they get in. Some of the best points in any meeting are the ones that have never been made, because the person with them waits for a gap that never comes.

Video calls. The lag on a call makes finishes harder to hear and overlaps more common, and everyone's a bit of an interrupter on video. Leave a full second instead of a half. If you've overlapped, the hand-back is "sorry, you go", and then mute yourself for the length of their answer, which is the only reliable way to not jump on a call.