It has finally happened. We had a meeting about the number of meetings.
One hour. Eleven attendees. A deck — of course there was a deck — with a slide titled “Meeting Hygiene”, which sounds like something you should be vaccinated against.
We agreed meetings should have agendas. We agreed meetings should end five minutes early. We agreed some meetings “could be an email”. There was a genuinely reflective silence when someone pointed out that this one could have been an email.
Then, to embed the learnings, a working group was formed. It will meet fortnightly.
I would like to be clear that I am not making any of this up. My job is to make this company sound human, and honestly the raw material is not helping.
O and the working group invite clashes with the only hour I had blocked to do actual work. I have accepted it. Of course I have accepted it.
See you fortnightly.