Wow this article/discussion hits close to home - I work at a startup that's trying to tackle the ineffective/unnecessary meeting problem - we've got a Slack app

Wow this article/discussion hits close to home - I work at a startup that's trying to tackle the ineffective/unnecessary meeting problem - we've got a Slack app that syncs with your calendar and sends out pulse surveys after certain meetings, then provides a dashboard for surfacing anonymous feedback and insights. At first I didn’t really grok the problem - I’m used to working at small companies with small teams where bad meetings are pretty obvious and easy to deal with, but after seeing and hearing all the stories from people at the companies that participated in our beta it’s become pretty clear to me the scope of it - it really is an ongoing unsolved issue. We’re testing different features and approaches and trying to figure out what works/doesn’t work - we’ve got a feature in the works which is like a “meeting exploder” where if enough people in a scheduled meeting don’t think it should happen it can get cancelled or at least reevaluated - we’re trying to make it sort of fun and easy for meeting attendees to give feedback, while still getting enough data that a host or team lead can see whether their meeetings are actually providing value or even need to happen in the first place etc. It’s early days for us but we've gotten a ton of good feedback already - we’re still working out the kinks but it’s pretty validating to hear about all these teams and people still struggling with “the meeting problem”. We could always use more companies testing early versions too and providing feedback on what kind of features they like/don’t like so if you're on Slack and it’s something you or your team might be interested in give a shout - I'll post a link too, please don't be mad - https://getmarlo.com https://getmarlo.com