But most people haven't learned it or don't bother to use it. And then they wonder why their meetings just stumble along. In an interview with Fast Company, Begeman offers a short course on how to make your meetings work. Producing a great meeting is a lot like producing a great product. You don't just build it.
Meetings are events in which real work takes place.
That's a big mind flip. When you're out in the wild, studying nonhuman primates, one of the things you appreciate is just how social they are. They hang out together, they play together, they groom each other. You very rarely see solitary behavior. But if you walk into a typical company, what you see are rows and rows of cubicles.