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> I would think everyone is against bad meetings, no? No. If agenda-less meetings are bad and we know that those they exist, then someone, that dastardly fiend
by drewcoo 4y ago
> I would think everyone is against bad meetings, no?
No. If agenda-less meetings are bad and we know that those they exist, then someone, that dastardly fiend, must not be against bad meetings!
> I do hear people saying ‘All meetings are bad’
They're pushing for change. It works a lot like haggling. If you ask for what you want, some well-meaning person will call for compromise and "meeting in the middle" and you won't get what you want. So ask for more.
- danaris 4y ago> > I do hear people saying ‘All meetings are bad’ >They're pushing for change. It works a lot like haggling It's also people who have never experienced a good meeting, either because they haven't been in the industry long or because they've been somewhat unlucky. It's also people who may have had some good meetings, but they are so far outweighed by the bad that even when they end up in a good meeting, the bad ones are coloring their experience so much they're unable to engage productively, and so nowadays all meetings feel like bad meetings. It's also people who started out by saying "these meetings are bad meetings," and being dismissed, then saying "some meetings are bad meetings" and being ignored, and now are saying "all meetings are bad meetings" because they're just fed up and using hyperbole to try to get their point across to people whose paychecks depend on them not understanding.