Let us formulate plans on a digital whiteboard. Let me schedule meetings electronically with Outlook, or Calendar, or Notes, or whatever program I find most useful. You are not paying me to track everyone else's free time. You are not paying me to wander the halls searching in vain for an empty office and scrounging up the right number of chairs. Give me a wireless device that lets me send messages to others in my group.
Good ideas come at any time.
Even in the middle of a three-hour meeting. The World Let's ask our customers for their opinions. Let's set up a threaded discussion so that they can help each other. They know best what they need. Let's poll them to find out more about what they want.