We all spend a shocking amount of time in meetings — much more than we need. Group meetings are especially expensive and almost always low calorie density. Here’s how we fix that. TL;DR: Meetings are for decisions Meetings are the least efficient way to pass information. If a meeting isn’t recorded, then the information/discussion is…

By Dave Rensin (@drensin) It’s pretty common for departing Googlers to write a retrospective of one kind or another. This is a slightly redacted version of the note I left for my Google colleagues this week. Thinking about the last 6+ years it occurred to me that my time at…