Sometimes, a meeting is exactly what is needed. Sometimes, it's the opposite of what is needed. The tricky part is being able to tell which is which. I don't think many people or companies are any good at being able to tell which is the better method for any given issue.
I call meetings to force others to think about the contents of an email for more than 2 minutes.
I won't say there are zero times where face to face conversation is beneficial. But forcing someone to not be distracted by "multitasking" while they work through their inbox, is not one of them.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 17.1 ms ] threadI won't say there are zero times where face to face conversation is beneficial. But forcing someone to not be distracted by "multitasking" while they work through their inbox, is not one of them.