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I wonder what the percentage of any perceived productivity increase is due to the reduction of time spent in meetings. Management has less hours to appear they'

I wonder what the percentage of any perceived productivity increase is due to the reduction of time spent in meetings. Management has less hours to appear they're doing management things so they're forced to have less meetings. I feel like my productivity is so much higher when I don't need to worry about meetings. "No point digging into this important task, it's 30 minutes before that meeting. I guess I'll kill time looking at hacker news" "I'm exhausted from having be part of that meeting, I need 30 minutes or so to recharge before I dig into that important task." "There's a follow up email to that meeting, I guess I should I should read it before digging into that important task"

BlargMcLarg 6y ago
I can also imagine less meetings cause less bureaucracy, less mental fatigue from playing social theatrics, more satisfaction in actually doing things for people who hate meetings, etc. A meeting rarely if ever is "just" a meeting, and those that are "just" a meeting tend to be superfluous for the majority of participators (no preparation needed, no reflection afterwards).
somedude895 6y ago
> "No point digging into this important task, it's 30 minutes before that meeting. I guess I'll kill time looking at hacker news" "I'm exhausted from having be part of that meeting, I need 30 minutes or so to recharge before I dig into that important task." This is me exactly. A meeting to me isn't just a 1 hour slot, that leaves me 7 hours for other things. If I have a task that takes 90 minutes of focused work, I'll have 90 minutes before that meeting where I can't work on that task. And at least 15 minutes before the meeting will be spent getting into the right mindset / catching up on what's relevant to the meeting, plus 15 minutes after to get everything in motion that was decided during the meeting itself. Also, I've started to try to do meetings only from 5 to, lasting til 5 to. e.g. if I find a slot for a meeting with someone from 10-11, I'll make the meeting 10:05 - 10:55 instead of the full hour. Really helps when the rest of the day is packed with meetings as well.

BlargMcLarg 6y ago

I can also imagine less meetings cause less bureaucracy, less mental fatigue from playing social theatrics, more satisfaction in actually doing things for people who hate meetings, etc. A meeting rarely if ever is "just" a meeting, and those that are "just" a meeting tend to be superfluous for the majority of participators (no preparation needed, no reflection afterwards).

somedude895 6y ago

> "No point digging into this important task, it's 30 minutes before that meeting. I guess I'll kill time looking at hacker news" "I'm exhausted from having be part of that meeting, I need 30 minutes or so to recharge before I dig into that important task." This is me exactly. A meeting to me isn't just a 1 hour slot, that leaves me 7 hours for other things. If I have a task that takes 90 minutes of focused work, I'll have 90 minutes before that meeting where I can't work on that task. And at least 15 minutes before the meeting will be spent getting into the right mindset / catching up on what's relevant to the meeting, plus 15 minutes after to get everything in motion that was decided during the meeting itself. Also, I've started to try to do meetings only from 5 to, lasting til 5 to. e.g. if I find a slot for a meeting with someone from 10-11, I'll make the meeting 10:05 - 10:55 instead of the full hour. Really helps when the rest of the day is packed with meetings as well.