Work Meetings Are Getting a Makeover

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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To boost productivity and worker engagement in workplace meetings, more companies are scrapping traditional formats and using technology like motion detection cameras. Wall Street Journal reporter Ray A. Smith joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:38.0	Here's your money briefing for Tuesday, February 13th. I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:47.0	A productive work day where you're able to focus on getting a lot done can be upended by meetings. Some are unnecessary. Couldn't this have just been an email?
0:50.0	And some are just too long.
0:52.0	More companies are testing new strategies and technology
0:55.0	to make meetings better.
0:57.0	The companies that we talk to say they've seen everything from more bonding,
1:02.0	people are more engaged in these new types of meetings,
1:05.0	they're seeing some differences, including even in some cases shorter meetings.
1:10.0	We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Ray Smith after the break. 36,000,000. The number of businesses which have upgraded to the number
1:28.4	one cloud financial system Net Suite by Oracle. 25. Net Suite just turned 25. That's 25 years of
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