It boggles my mind sometimes how much talking goes on without any communication. This is never more present than in the advertising industry, where most people call meeting after meeting after meeting just to hear themselves talk. Inefficiency is the new sexy in corporate America, it seems.
Stop focusing on cat-herding, and start FOCUSING. Don't have a meeting when you could substitute it with a phone call, and don't call when you could substitute email. Don't schedule for an hour something that should be done in 15 minutes. Don't call meeting to "talk." Call meetings to share. Never walk out of a meeting without a clear idea of next steps.
And if a "brainstorming meeting" is absolutely necessary, it should never happen more than once. We're not changing the world people. We're just trying to sell other people the shit our clients make. It's not rocket science.
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Me + Corporate = Impossible
13 years ago
I notice the same thing in my industry lately. I think with the current state of the economy, more and more people are attempting to justify their jobs out of fear. In reality all they are doing is making those of us that are truly busy and bringing in revenue, less efficient.
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