Meetings aren’t bad. We are bad at using meetings.

There is a lot of talk about the villainous meeting, aka the productivity killer. Some companies and teams go so far as to eliminate them or block them. Rally against the meeting! Fewer meetings, more work!

Why? Because there is a pervasive belief that meetings do not increase productivity. There is a belief that meetings are not work. And in a productivity-driven society, if you are at work and you are not working, that is bad.

I would argue against the point that meetings are not work, but I will take a different…