Improving work meetings
Improving work meetings
No-one denies that work meetings whether in person or online are sometimes necessary.
Elon Musk once said that “excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time”.
One global study has found that 72% of work meetings are ineffective.
Brain activity drops when in a Zoom meeting, according to Yale university research.
However, using AI has improved things somewhat.
It means transcribing the meeting for you, suggesting questions you might want to ask, summarising the meeting in point form, reminding you of who else is present.
It is argued that the use of AI will make meetings much more productive as people will be much netter informed before they attend, which should speed things up and focus them.
It is also speculated that AI can be used to moderate meetings and provide feedback.
Microsoft’s Ms Jaime Teevan is convinced that AI will help to improve meetings. “It can help people feel less overwhelmed, it can help them get started and check things off their list. And it can help spark ideas, seeing things in news ways and getting support there.”
