David Grady’s talk is a friendly smack upside the head for anyone who’s ever accepted a meeting invite out of habit – or fear – without stopping to ask, “Wait… why am I here?” He calls out the classic problems: no agendas, too many people, fuzzy goals, and the general chaos that happens when a calendar runs your life instead of the other way around. His fix is simple: pause, ask questions, and stop blindly clicking “Accept.”
Bad meetings aren’t just annoying – they quietly siphon time, focus, and energy from actual work. If you want to run a sane organization (or just keep your own brain intact), developing a little meeting hygiene goes a long way. We continually try to live by this at A&G (and yes, it’s a continuous battle). Grady’s message is basically: protect your time like it matters, because it does. And honestly, anything that reduces the number of “this could’ve been an email” moments is a public service.
Source: Ted.com
