Meetings make us dumber – really?
Here’s one little piece on group thinking and the longing for consensus, it’s questionable research on many counts, but offers a trigger for thinking …
Of course, this calls for better preparation (like goal and agenda setting), running (like using creativity and innovative thinking techniques … but also documenting helps) and follow-up of meetings (ever thought of employing social software for these knowledge work tasks?) …
As meetings are deeply engrained cultural artifacts, they offer some (implicit) benefits and uses as well, like socializing and group reassurement.
Yet, corporate efficiency would profit from better meetings, if only one could consequently eliminate some unnecessary meetings.
