I'm tired of the "meetings are toxic" claim. If you're going to use such bombastic and broad language you need to back it up with a broad set of examples. Sure,

I'm tired of the "meetings are toxic" claim. If you're going to use such bombastic and broad language you need to back it up with a broad set of examples. Sure, business culture has gone overboard with the meetings, but let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Meetings I love: - an expert pulls me and some others into a room to update us on some secrets where we can ask questions - lunch - a very busy production lead needs to "use" (not waste) everyone's time so that she can efficiently figure out where a team is at Yes, all of this can be abused, but lots of well run meetings leave me with a sense of purpose and camaraderie. Rah rah.