And You Get A Meeting

We all know this person. We might even be this person. If you know someone who constantly schedules meetings for things that can easily be handled over email – please send them this link.

This is a particularly vanilla perspective, as most people wouldn’t say they love meetings. And yet, according to Microsoft, from 2020-2022, we saw an increase of 3x in time spent in meetings. We can stop this trend by adding some scrutiny around meetings.

Learning: Let’s make it okay to say “NO” to meeting invites that don’t have agendas and/or pre-reads. Agendas and Pre-reads help in 2 ways: 1) They provide a clear structure and mandate prep work by the meeting scheduler, and 2) Your audience can fully participate: Introverts, for example, think to speak and need time to process information.

References and Resources

The No. 1 workplace distraction that kills productivity, according to Microsoft by Morgan Smith/CNBC; Type: Article

Will AI Fix Work? by Microsoft WorkLab; Type: Annual Report

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Does this resonate with you? Have you figured out how to handle the onslaught of perpetual meetings? If so, we’d love to hear from you.