Death by Meeting

“I think people would just like to stick with one things for a while, and focus on quality,” he pleaded, in a way that suggested the complaint was his own, not that of employees at large."
pg 22

“…Consensus is usually not achievable. The likelihood of six intelligent people coming to a sincere and complete agreement on a complex and important topic is very low.”
pg 123

“To make meetings less boring, leaders must look for legitimate reasons to provoke and uncover relevant, constructive ideological conflict.”
pg 224 (emphasis mine)