Why Meetings Suck and How to Fix Them
ReThinking
TED
4.7 • 626 Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Meetings often drain our joy and sap our focus – and meeting overload kills productivity. So why do we have so many of them, and is a better world possible? Adam investigates the science of improving meetings and explores how workplaces are fighting meeting bloat. Available transcripts for WorkLife can be found at go.ted.com/WLtranscripts
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