When you need to have a meeting

I’ve written a lot about why you should consider avoiding meetings. But what about when you need to have one (with a client)?

You could have a meeting with every person who will ever work on this project.

Or two.

One person for doing the talking. One for typing up a well-crafted memo to share with everyone else.

That way…

X people that don’t have to be in the meeting.

X people can focus on doing uninterrupted work, &

X cumulative work-hours can be saved (saving you money and productivity).

All meetings come with a cost. The trick is to assess those costs beforehand to decide if a) having the meeting, and b) inviting everyone to it, are worth it to begin with.