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This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings
People call too many meetings when they want to feel more in control; those meetings often make you worse at completing whatever task or project you’re struggling to complete, in part because they’re conducted in a mononchronic way, reinscribing systems of authority, obsessed with (inactionable) action plans, and never actually building any sort of... See more
Culture Study • The Diminishing Returns of Calendar Culture
Peter Drucker tells us that meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. We either meet or work. We can't do both at the same time.
Al Pittampalli • Read This Before Our Next Meeting
The workday is being sliced into tiny, fleeting work moments by an onslaught of physical and virtual distractions.
Jason Fried • It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
One other thing about meetings in remote companies: working remotely has made me realize how unimportant and ritualized so many meetings are. Often times, I will get 90% of the way through scheduling a meeting in Google Calendar only to ask myself “can’t we just update each other on this project throughout the week via Slack?” Even staff meetings s... See more