March 07, 2026 3 signs your meetings have a culture problem BY Jamie Shapiro Meetings in corporate America are broken—and only breaking down more. Globally, people sit in three times as many meetings as they did before the pandemic, 60% of meetings are ad hoc, rather than scheduled, and 71% of people regularly multitask through them. … Continue reading 3 signs your meetings have a culture problem
January 30, 2026 These three toxic power moves kill meetings span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>Meetings are breeding grounds for three highly toxic power moves: AMPLIFICATION: The boss speaks, and suddenly it’s gospel. People start self-censoring, sugarcoating bad news, and swallowing their dissenting opinions. INCOMPETENCE: When a leader can’t run a meeting, it drains the room’s energy. People leave annoyed … Continue reading These three toxic power moves kill meetings
October 25, 2025 Why you should kill the standing one-on-one meeting
September 06, 2025 5 tips to fix meetings that waste time BY Samantha Wasserman Time and attention have become the most depleted resource in the modern workplace. Back-to-back meetings, calendar congestion, and constant context-switching crushing our ability to carry the daily cognitive load have created a time deficit that undermines performance, energy, and decision quality. Managers … Continue reading 5 tips to fix meetings that waste time
July 06, 2025 Should you try a no-meeting week? BY Featured Knowledge-workers spend roughly one working day every week, or 23% of their time, in a meeting. The weight of the workday often prevents employees from having uninterrupted time to concentrate, causing them to extend their hours well beyond the traditional 9-to-5. It’s tempting for companies … Continue reading Should you try a no-meeting week?
October 29, 2024 The secret to the most productive meetings may be these simple exercises you do beforehand The CEO of Myosin Marketing says the positive energy cultivated through these exercises translates directly to enhanced creative output. BY Sean Clayton Ever feel like your meetings are a jumble of scattered minds, with everyone thinking in different … Continue reading The secret to the most productive meetings may be these simple exercises you do beforehand
September 15, 2024 How to create a useful agenda for any type of meeting You know you need an agenda. Here’s how to create one that works. As the former CEO of five ventures and board member of dozens of others, Naeem Zafar has sat in his fair share of meetings. Zafar, a CEO coach … Continue reading How to create a useful agenda for any type of meeting
August 25, 2024 How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done) Here’s how to figure out when a meeting could be an email, how to trim your meeting times down, and which gatherings to cut all together. BY Kathleen Davis Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on … Continue reading How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done)
Meeting chats have big limitations, especially for big audiences. Imagine converting chat to a creative, visual experience. Kim Davis on January 24, 2024 Spending as much time as we do in video conferences, video meet-ups and webinars, we’ve become accustomed to those chat windows where people and their messages and questions come and go in … Continue reading Transforming meetings with StreamAlive’s visual chat experience
By Stephanie Vozza January 11, 2024 Whether it’s checking email or simply checking out, we all zone out during meetings sometimes. Virtual platforms made it even easier to multitask when you’re supposed to be paying attention. While you might want to blame boredom or even a less-than-exciting facilitator, the truth is that your mind … Continue reading 4 ways to stop zoning out in meetings
