CHAPTER 2

Take a Sad Meeting and Make It Better (With Apologies to the Beatles)

Key Takeaways

image Meetings have a bad reputation—deservedly so—for a variety of reasons, which we enumerate in the chapter. They also, surprisingly, have redeeming qualities.

image There are consequences of poor meetings, for the meeting itself, but also lasting consequences, in terms of diminished chances of project success.

image There is science behind the design of good meetings, ...

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