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Out of curiosity, is it a requirement to read the memo during the meeting itself? Just wondering if it wouldn't save some time for people to have read the memo
by yawaramin 8y ago
Out of curiosity, is it a requirement to read the memo during the meeting itself? Just wondering if it wouldn't save some time for people to have read the memo before the meeting?
- jmiserez 8y agoTheoretically yes it would save time. Practically, many people wouldn't read it ("no time") or just skim it ("got the gist of it") and having a meaningful discussion becomes impossible. The meeting then dissolves into a impromptu brainstorming session by all the people who haven't read it. A decision is made to implement one of the newly brainstormed hare-brained ideas without taking the carefully thought out arguments and counterpoints in the memo into account. In the end people congratulate each other on a "productive" meeting and the memo wanders into the trash, unread.