Meetings are broken

A long time ago I learned the KT-method from Kepner-Tregoe for problem solving. It came in very handy when running time critical major incidents, but I’ve used it pretty much ever since. When looking at problems and solutions you can develop tunnel vision very easily (SUPER quickly with Technical folk). You home in on what you think is the root cause, and develop a solution. However, it’s not the correct one. So you start with a bit of situational analysis.

But this isn’t about the KT-method.

I’ve read a few articles this week about the benefits of Copilot from MS. Especially for meeting summaries. I even read:

“I can see there are ten people in the meeting already, so don’t need to attend and will just read the summary after”

Then I see Slack are releasing GenAI to summarise large threads.

Can I suggest these solutions aren’t solving a problem? The problem is how your organisation is approaching meetings and communication?

That’s what needs to be fixed.

I’m a huge fan of asking “What’s the point of this meeting? Do I need to be there?” - out loud. Try it, save the extra €/£/$ on additional charges. Your teams may appreciate it as well.