Routine meetings are (mostly) a waste of time

If nothing else this made me realize that Digg still existed. Read the article which was pretty good. I think the blanket meetings are wasted time blanket statement is interesting. They serve a couple of different purposes when used correctly. The most important of which is shifting cons to pros on whatever the initiative you are trying to champion is. Status update meetings are the easiest to cancel, especially when there isn't enough changed to warrant the update.