Amazon is also big on "mechanisms over good intentions". Asking everyone to please do these actions before the meeting is a good intention. Everyone wants to,

Amazon is also big on "mechanisms over good intentions". Asking everyone to please do these actions before the meeting is a good intention. Everyone wants to, but you know things happen and well I skimmed it but I didn't really have time and now I'm going to ask questions that page 2 answers clearly because I didn't read it. Everyone's time is wasted. Forcing everyone to spend 15 minutes right now is a mechanism. It's much more effective.