Meeting Insights
Tips, data, and strategies to make your meetings more productive and less expensive.
The Focus Time Crisis: New Data Shows Employees Get Just 2-3 Hours of Deep Work Per Day
New Hubstaff data reveals the average employee gets only 2-3 hours of focus time per day. Meetings are the top reason. Here's what the latest research says — and what...
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Block Just Cut 40% of Its Workforce Because of AI. Here’s What That Means for Meeting Costs.
Jack Dorsey just cut 4,000 jobs at Block, citing AI tools. But smaller teams don't automatically mean fewer meetings — unless companies rethink how they collaborate. Here's what the numbers...
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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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