THE PARADOX OF MEETINGS
Meetings are a puzzling paradox.
On one hand, they are critical. Meetings are the activity at the center of every organization.
On the other hand, they are painful. Frustratingly long and seemingly pointless.
The good news is that there is nothing inherent about meetings that makes them bad, and so it is entirely possible to transform them into compelling, productive, and fun activities. The bad news is that in order to do this, we will have to fundamentally rethink much of the way we perceive and manage meetings.
That means we cannot keep hating them. And we must abandon our search for technological solutions that will somehow free us from having to sit down face to face. And we have to stop focusing on agendas and minutes ...
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