I'm not saying the writer's workplace has a meeting problem, but there's a thing that happens at orgs that do have a meeting problem. It becomes normal to doub

I'm not saying the writer's workplace has a meeting problem, but there's a thing that happens at orgs that do have a meeting problem. It becomes normal to double book people, because you can never find a timeslot where someone doesn't have a meeting. It can also become known that you book focus time, and so people just ignore that you are busy, and book you in. It's also possible that once you are considered fairly respected that people trust you to decide what meetings you will attend. IMO, Anyone with a calendar like the one in the article should start with a conversation with leaders at the company. This is massively bad for productivity if you doing anything remotely knowledge work related. Booking focus blocks is a bit of a last resort. The problem isn't the calendar, it's the people and processes in the workplace.