Is Agenda Theatre Ruining Your Meetings? with Dr Ashley Whillans
The Innovation Show · The Innovation Show
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Show Notes
While you might assume that detailed agendas improve your meetings, they may have exactly the opposite effect. This is because many employees unwittingly engage in a practice we call agenda theatre: They sink time and effort into agendas that create the appearance of effective meetings, without actually improving how meetings are run. What drives this counterproductive behaviour — and what should meeting leaders do instead?
Dr Ashley Whillans tells us what we do.
Find Ashley's work here, including her HBR article: https://ashleywhillans.com/author/