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The overwhelm of meetings is not a new phenomenon.  There are many books about meetings; I’ve recently found the 2015 Pittampalli one called “Read this before our next meeting”.

He has solid ideas about meetings, and how to make them more efficient.  Such as: before it convenes, decide who is the decision owner.  Replace meetings with one-on-one conversations.  And schedule regular meetings as ‘tentative’, so that someone has to declare it’s not tentative for it to go ahead.

These are good strategies.  Also consider that some meetings are for social validation, connection, and interaction.  And that should be ok too.