When done right meetings preserve the flow state. I think of meetings as scheduled communication, and if communication isn't blocked into a schedule then it wil

When done right meetings preserve the flow state. I think of meetings as scheduled communication, and if communication isn't blocked into a schedule then it will either happen ad hoc, or not happen at all. Ad hoc communication results in interruptions, and communication is necessary to have a shared context. However this experience could be due to me working working on a distributed team. When you're all in the location then it's easier to have ad hoc communication without interruption at places like the water cooler.