Nat and Kristen count their weekly meetings live on air (nine for Kristen. NINE.) and dive into why your calendar has become a problem.
They cover why time wasted in unproductive meetings has doubled since the pandemic, why 70% of senior execs admit meetings are inefficient but keep booking them anyway, and what you can do about it. Get simple tips: from auditing the recurring ‘ghost meetings’ that nobody needs anymore, to the magic of the 15-minute meeting, to sending your manager three bullet points on a Monday instead of booking yet another catch-up.
Everyone's flat right now (not just you) Why people are checking out (spoiler: six years of economic chaos can do that), why change fatigue is different this time, and whether the generational blame game is useful.
Why no one asks the obvious question The most useful question in any meeting - the basic, obvious, 'dumb' one - is almost always the one nobody asks!
Your calendar isn't a democracy Many of us treat a meeting invite like a court summons - accepting on autopilot, turning up unprepared, and wondering why we're always busy but never get anything done.
