August 16, 2026 AI notetakers have entered the meeting. Here are 5 ways to get the most out of them BY Alisa Cohn A recent Wall Street Journal story confirmed what you already know: Everything is being recorded. Meetings, one-on-ones, hallway chats, and even dates live on in your permanent file somewhere in Otter, Zoom, or … Continue reading AI notetakers have entered the meeting. Here are 5 ways to get the most out of them
Amazon Investment Signals OpenAI IPO Or Meeting Milestones by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 31, 2026 Amazon completed its $50 billion investment in OpenAI when it recently fulfilled its commitment on a remaining infusion of $35 billion promised at the time that the ChatGPT maker met certain criteria. In a Form 8-K filing on … Continue reading Amazon Investment Signals OpenAI IPO Or Meeting Milestones
June 27, 2026 A conflict-free meeting isn’t a win BY Jamie Shapiro The meeting ends and everyone feels good. Decisions got made. Heads nodded. Nobody pushed back, and the room moved on without friction. To most leaders, that looks like a team working well together. Then the side conversations start. One person catches you afterward: “I … Continue reading A conflict-free meeting isn’t a win
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April 20, 2025 ‘Meeting hangovers’ are draining your team. Here’s how to cure them BY Aytekin Tank Exhaustion. Mental fatigue. Difficulty concentrating. Irritability. Dreading your next calendar appointment. Nobody likes showing up to work with a hangover. But these days, you don’t need a long night of drinking to feel the effects. Instead, you might be … Continue reading ‘Meeting hangovers’ are draining your team. Here’s how to cure them
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)
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic January 23, 2024 Among educated, modern workers, few habits are as ubiquitous as multitasking, the apparent process of handling more than one task or activity at the same time. I say “apparent,” because there’s compelling scientific evidence suggesting that multitasking is mostly about task switching, or jumping back and forth between … Continue reading Would you smoke weed in a video meeting? Multitasking causes the same cognitive drop. Here’s what to do about it
By Stephanie Vozza November 29, 2023 You may be incredibly bright, but showing your intelligence in the moment can be challenging, like if you’re called on unexpectedly in a meeting. The most significant barrier to communicating effectively and sounding smart is the fact that we all get nervous, says Matt Abrahams, author of Think … Continue reading 3 ways to sound smarter in your next meeting
Google Meet will soon send you a transcript of your meeting Other Workspace updates include automatic frame centering when you’re in meetings. K. Holt @krisholt Chaay_Tee via Getty Images Google has announced a string of updates for Workspace, including one that may be especially useful for those tasked with recording meeting minutes. Users can … Continue reading Google Meet will soon send you a transcript of your meeting
