The Root of Over-Meeting Culture

An email arrives that informally represents a new responsibility for you to manage; because there’s no formal process in place to assign the work or track its progress, you seek instead the easiest way to get the responsibility off your plate—even if just temporarily—so you send a quick reply asking for an ambiguous clarification. Thus unfolds a ga

where one is expected to read and respond to e-mails (and related communication) quickly.