MeetingCost · Research
A small publication about the cost of meetings.
Data, frameworks, and opinion from our editors and a handful of very patient practitioners. Short when it can be, long when it has to be, always cited.
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Guide·9 min
For engineering managers: your calendar is part of your output.
A short, opinionated audit for engineering leaders who suspect — correctly — that their team's meeting load is what's eating deep-work time.
Adam Stead · Apr 5
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For founders: your calendar is your strategy document.
CEOs work 62.5 hours a week and spend 3% of it with customers. The fix isn't working harder — it's choosing differently.
Adam Stead · Apr 9
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For sales leaders: your pipeline review is eating your pipeline.
Reps spend less than 30% of the week actually selling. The biggest internal cost on that calendar is usually the meeting you run yourself.
Adam Stead · Apr 12
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