The biggest study so far on meetings and productivity finds that most companies should eradicate them almost entirely.
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Instead of a weekly team meeting, we could have an agreed list of things we need to update weekly on Slack.
Instead of 1:1's focused on status, let’s have coaching sessions with our employees, with a shared doc of notes, decisions, and action items for both parties.
Instead of a planning meeting, one person could draft the plan, share it for comments and alignment. If needed, the owner could ping individuals to quickly chat about anything unresolved.
Instead of wasting half of workshop time on lectures, we could give people pre-work in a shared doc. Then the workshop is an orchestrated alignment process, for questions and discussion.
Do you agree? Can we crush meetings to a pulp? Tell me a story.