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Why Meetings Suck and How to Fix Them | WorkLife with Adam Grant
Oct 1, 2023
Adam Grant, host of WorkLife podcast, explores the frustrations of workplace meetings, their negative impact on productivity, and strategies to improve them. He discusses the history of meetings and challenges the norms surrounding them. The chapter also introduces the concept of Meeting Doomsday, where organizations reset their calendars to combat meeting bloat. Restructuring and eliminating unnecessary meetings leads to better work and better work days.
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Quick takeaways
- The quality of meetings, not meetings themselves, determines their outcome and almost a third of meetings are unnecessary, wasting millions of dollars.
- By implementing intentional meeting changes, such as deleting unnecessary meetings, organizations can reduce meeting bloat, save time, and improve overall productivity.
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Meetings are a source of misery
Meetings are unproductive, awkward, and exhausting, leading to burnout and decreased productivity.
