Send us a textJenny and Sarah rip into the black hole of modern work life: meetings. Endless updates, back-to-back Zooms, and “quick syncs” that somehow eat your entire day. It’s no wonder productivity is tanking.They break down:Why update meetings are the real productivity killersThe hidden cost of meetings when you factor in salaries (spoiler: it’s a lot)How stripping recurring meetings off the calendar could actually fix workplace cultureWith plenty of side-eye for the corporate “I’ll give you three minutes back” lie, Jenny and Sarah also share horror stories of leaders who confused talking with working.If your team’s working nights and weekends because their days are filled with meetings, you’re not leading, you’re clogging the damn pipes.And if your meeting could’ve been an email, it probably should’ve been.Highlights:[01:57] The one-hour meeting that inspired this rant[04:39] What if meetings had a running cost ticker?[09:45] Dropbox’s 3D model for meetings (debate, discuss, decide—or don’t meet)[13:49] The “no update meetings” rule every workplace needs[17:27] A company that wiped all meetings—and only brought back what mattered[23:34] Why recurring meetings are the productivity death spiral[30:36] Your end-of-year challenge: cancel everything and start fresh🎧 Hit play, because your workplace culture isn’t broken, it’s just buried under bad meetings.

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