“Video calls proved we were having too many meetings all along”
Agree
- Most could have been emails
- Easy to skip without commute
- Revealed meetings fill time artificially
- Efficiency improved when forced remote
Disagree
- Face-to-face collaboration actually matters
- Some problems need real-time discussion
- Relationship building requires meetings
- Video calls are exhausting differently
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