I generally enjoy APM’s Marketplace podcast, notwithstanding the host’s all-too-frequent use of the phrase “c’mon, man.” But in a recent episode, the host interviewed an Ivy League business school professor about “meetings.” In short, there are about 11 million business meetings in the United States each day. About half of those surveyed said that about half of their meetings were unproductive or not a good use of their time. The prof’s conclusion: limit the duration of meetings to force the attendees to be more productive, thus getting more done in less time. Superficially, that sounds fine. But on closer inspection, here is my list of complaints about the podcast:
