I'll be the cynical, grizzled old vet today and be the one to tell you that I've never seen a technical solution to an organization/social problem ever solve an

I'll be the cynical, grizzled old vet today and be the one to tell you that I've never seen a technical solution to an organization/social problem ever solve anything; it's a common misconception of young engineers (of which I was one some time ago). I will also add that I was surprised when I got to be an adult how few people "do their homework" so to speak - the problem you have identified here. It's funny, as a kid, I mostly didn't do my actual homework because it was mostly pointless teacher-pleasing if you understood the concepts well enough, but now that I've grown up (at least a little bit), I actually want to be prepared. At my current job, they actually printed out my resume and referred to it when they interviewed me; a practice that I picked up myself years ago, but have rarely seen others do. Just one example, but it showed a culture that actually believes in preparation which has carried through into other examples. Also, we don't have that many meetings lol.