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A small publication about the cost of meetings.
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Research·8 min
Why meeting load doubled after 2020 — and what hasn't walked it back.
Microsoft's Work Trend Index has tracked the shift across four editions. Here's what each one actually says, and what Stanford's peer-reviewed work adds.
Adam Stead · Apr 16
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What Project Oxygen taught us about 1:1s — and what it didn't.
Google's internal research on what makes managers effective is the most-cited study on coaching. It's also routinely overread. Here's the honest version.
Adam Stead · Apr 2
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What the best evidence actually says about meeting load.
Three studies that are worth carrying around — and three widely-cited numbers that don't hold up on close inspection.
Adam Stead · Mar 8
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