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Why Are Most Meetings So Terrible?
By now, I’m sure you’ve figured out all of the remote meeting tricks. How to play video games while you’re looking at your computer. To browse Reddit while nodding in consensus. Only having to wear a nice shirt while you lounge in your underwear.
And I get it. We’re trying to conduct business in the thrust of a global pandemic, and we’re just translating the same, boring meetings from the office to our video conference rooms. But does it make sense to continue these terrible meetings that erode trust in your organization and in leadership?
It’s not business as usual right now, so let’s take advantage of that to make our work days better for our businesses and the people involved. During this shake-up of the modern world, have you and your colleagues taken a moment to consider how you can make the most of your day-to-day rituals, like meetings, in this new normal?
The Actual Costs of Meetings
According to Atlassian, there’s a salary cost of $37 billion dollars in meetings wasted annually for all US businesses. Forty-seven percent of the average meeting-goer thinks they’re a waste of time, 73% do other work while in the meeting, and 39% have actually slept in a meeting. Frankly, these are terrible statistics, but I don’t blame the meeting-goers, as I’ve done those exact same things before as…
