Meeting Insights
Tips, data, and strategies to make your meetings more productive and less expensive.
The State of Meetings in 2026: What the Latest Data Reveals
Every year brings new data on how we meet, and the 2026 numbers tell an interesting story: some things are getting better, some things are getting worse, and the gap...
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CEOs Are Declaring War on Meetings in 2026 – Here’s What’s Actually Happening
Something has shifted in the executive suite. After years of employees complaining about meeting overload, the people with the power to actually change it are finally stepping in — and...
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The Meeting Math Every Manager Should Know
If you’re a manager, meetings are probably the single biggest consumer of your work week. Research from Fellow shows that the average manager spends 13 hours per week in meetings....
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Meeting Fatigue Is Driving Burnout – And It’s Costing Companies Their Best People
Burnout has reached crisis levels. According to DHR Global’s survey of 1,500 white-collar workers, 82% reported being “slightly” to “extremely” burned out in 2024. Forbes reports that 66% of U.S....
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How to Calculate Your Company’s Meeting ROI (And Why Most Meetings Are a Bad Investment)
Imagine walking into your CFO’s office and asking for approval on a recurring expense of $21,000 per year. No business case. No expected ROI. No success metrics. No end date....
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No-Meeting Days: The Research-Backed Strategy That Boosts
What if the single most effective thing you could do for your team’s productivity was also the simplest? Not a new tool. Not a restructuring. Not a training program. Just...
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How to Run a Meeting That’s Actually Worth the Money
By now, you probably know that meetings are expensive. A one-hour meeting with six people can easily cost $250 or more in direct salary alone, and two to three times...
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The Hidden Cost of Context Switching After Meetings
When people talk about the cost of meetings, they usually focus on the obvious number: the salary cost of everyone sitting in the room. Five people at $40 per hour...
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Signs Your Company Has a Meeting Culture Problem
Every company has meetings. But some companies have a meeting culture — an unspoken set of norms where scheduling a meeting is the default response to virtually any question, decision,...
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Meeting vs. Email: How to Decide the Right Communication Format
It’s one of the most common workplace dilemmas: should this be a meeting, or could it be handled in an email? The answer seems like it should be obvious, but...
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