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WHY MEETINGS SUCK AND HOW TO FIX THEM

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WorkLife with Adam Grant |
WorkLife with Adam Grant
• September 2023

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Meetings often drain our joy and sap our focus-–and meeting overload kills
productivity. So why do we have so many of them– and is a better world possible?
Adam investigates the science of improving meetings and explores how workplaces
are fighting meeting bloat. Available transcripts for WorkLife can be found at
go.ted.com/WLtranscripts
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Meetings often drain our joy and sap our focus-–and meeting overload kills
productivity. So why do we have so many of them– and is a better world possible?
Adam investigates the science of improving meetings and explores how workplaces
are fighting meeting bloat. Available transcripts for WorkLife can be found at
go.ted.com/WLtranscripts
 * business
 * work
 * worklife




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