Hello Oso!

in a meeting, a mind can wander

brainstorming in salcedo park

office mates

I wonder how much time we spend in meetings, holed up inside our fluorescent lit board rooms. If I counted the hours, would it amount to a small life span?

I have been in meetings that have lasted from morning till night and quick meetings that lasted only a few minutes. I’ve been in big meetings and in some that would have been better if the agenda were sent in an email. Then there are meetings where 80% of the time is spent on gossip and others where nobody really knows anything at all. Some meetings leave you pumped and ready for action, while some leave you more confused than when you came in. Some meet just to create the appearance of productivity while some hate meetings so much they zone out completely.

The fate of the world is decided in meetings. Bombing Hiroshima was probably decided after a meeting. The invasion of Iraq began in meetings thousands of miles away from where the first shot was fired. Even good and bad art is decided in meetings while creativity is produced by committees. Sometimes things actually get done, other times the loudest voice in a meeting dictates the outcome.

They say that nothing is certain in life except death and taxes. Well, in our business nothing is certain except the promise of even more and more meetings.