Book Review - The Surprising Science of Meetings: How You Can Lead Your Team to Peak Performance
- Ganesh Sreeramulu
- May 16
- 1 min read
Updated: May 17
Funny how we love meetings in our personal lives—coffee catch-ups, dinner plans, weekend huddles. But in the workplace? They somehow stretch to fit the calendar, overlap like a bad playlist, and hijack your day before it begins.
Was recommended this book by a friend. It was a very quick read. The first question that popped up into my mind was — “Is there a science to meetings?” .
But as I was quickly devouring the pages, it augured upon me, most of the pains of meetings are something I have experienced as a part of corporate life. But why didn’t I think of the ways to address it, especially as it seemed so apparent when the author put it. Maybe just a small matter of the author addressing it in an empirical fashion. I found myself inadvertently nodding my head as I read the recommendations of the author to have a “Super productive meeting”
Couple of lines that have now been etched into my memory for eternity.
“The abundance of meetings at our company is the Cultural Tax we pay for the inclusive, learning environment that we want to foster”
“If you liken a meeting to a type of communication technology, could this actually be one of the largest unidentified line items in a corporate budget? There is no other single investment of this magnitude that an organization makes that is treated in such a cavalier manner”
My personal takeaways
1. Decrease 5% time of my daily meetings
2. Silence Time
3. Brainwriting
4. Magic Time (let me not spoil it for you, go read the book)
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