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Meetings Are a Waste of Time
You’re not imagining it — meetings really are wasting your time. Here’s what the research says about just how bad the problem is.
January 17, 2026
You’re not imagining it — meetings really are wasting your time. Here’s what the research says about just how bad the problem is.
Your calendar is packed with meetings but your actual work keeps piling up. Here’s why it happens, what it’s really costing you, and what you can do about it.
Some meetings should have been emails from the start. Here are 10 common meeting types that waste everyone’s time — and what to do instead.
Not every meeting needs to happen. Use this simple framework to decide when to meet and when to just send an email instead.
The phrase “could this meeting have been an email” captures a universal frustration. Here’s where it came from, why it resonates, and what to do about it.