Yes, there are so many meetings where a doc is not prepared and they have booked an hour for something that could take 20 minutes to discuss. Then the meeting b

Yes, there are so many meetings where a doc is not prepared and they have booked an hour for something that could take 20 minutes to discuss. Then the meeting balloons to an hour because the structure is freeform, there is a lack of understanding of what the meeting is supposed to be about, and everyone is scared to ask “why am I here?” I hate meetings because I feel like if you have something important to say, and you know the key stakeholders you need feedback from, and you know what exact feedback you need from them then it should just be a written doc and you should just schedule 10 or 15 mins for any follow up comments on the doc that need to be discussed. I remember reading Obama implemented a similar strategy where he would have people write him a one pager on whatever they need from him and at the bottom there would be three check boxes: yes, no and “lets talk.”