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Why Meetings Suck and How to Fix Them | WorkLife with Adam Grant

TED Business

CHAPTER

Restructuring Meetings for Better Work Days

This chapter explores the benefits of eliminating and restructuring meetings, discussing the challenges of unproductive meetings and the concept of pluralistic ignorance. It also highlights the importance of voicing concerns about meetings, declining unnecessary invites, and the financial and opportunity costs of unnecessary meetings. The chapter concludes by emphasizing that better meetings lead to better work and better work days.

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