Meeting means coming to the same place. But not all meetings are the same. Here are some reasons for meeting: 1. Working together 2. Sharing information 3. Re

Meeting means coming to the same place. But not all meetings are the same. Here are some reasons for meeting: 1. Working together 2. Sharing information 3. Reaching a consensus 4. Social gathering Most meetings do not qualify for any of these reasons. And if they do, you probably don’t call them meetings. They’re discussions, collaborations, announcements, or parties; and are usually self-organizing, asynchronous,optional attendance, and flexible scheduling. But meetings usually have a purpose like: 5. Satisfy the ego of the person organizing the meeting 6. Make sure everyone is in attendance 7. Get the status of everyone’s work 8. Occupy time You can see that none of these are valuable or meaningful and generally don’t benefit most of the meeting attendees. If there is any purpose or benefit to the group, it can be done asynchronously and individually.