Germany · Ars Technica
Close to 1 billion meetings take place each day around the world
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Planning for and spearheading meetings eats up the lion’s share of managers’ time.
Key facts
- After all, at their core “meetings are a fundamental aspect of how we organize and interact as social beings,” Kreamer and coauthors Rogelberg and Jon Gray, both of the University of North Carolina
- Nevertheless, a 2026 study of more than 9,000 workers in Norway found that while meetings are both common and costly, their benefits may make them worth enduring
- The former bat researcher attended the International Congress for Bat Research in Austin, Texas, in 2022, and took notes on the jokes being used in meeting talks—transcribing exact quotes
- Close to 1 billion meetings take place each day around the world
Summary
Close to 1 billion meetings take place each day around the world. Given the enormous time spent in workplace meetings, do they know what they accomplish or how to make them as worthwhile as possible? Once a tiny niche area, “meeting science” is a growing specialization among organizational and social psychologists. Meeting to talk helps fulfill basic human needs to connect, communicate, and cooperate. As a graduate student, Kreamer was interested in studying teamwork, leadership, and work relationships. To tap meetings for study, researchers typically use two approaches.