Nearly 80% of employees say meetings are eating their time, and an Atlassian study of 5,000 workers across four continents found 72% of those meetings are considered ineffective.
The problem isn't new. The question is why it persists.
Chuck and Jenni both reject the "meetings aren't work" framing, but they land on a sharper version of the problem: recurring meetings nobody is questioning, calendar anxiety when a day is empty, and the weird status attached to being in the room.
The fix isn't fewer meetings — it's asking better questions before you ever send the invite.
https://fortune.com/article/southwest-ceo-bob-jordan-meetings-not-work-blocks-off-calendar-productivity-hacks-leadership-strategy/