'The Ugly Truth About Meetings' infographic sheds light on just how unproductive office meetings can truly be. Fuze, a visual communications company created the insightful chart and in addition to exploiting office meetings, the company also provides tips for a more productive workplace get-together.
The infographic first reveals shocking stats like the fact that more than $37 billion is spent per year on unproductive meetings and that there are 25 million meetings per day in the US alone. It also highlights the reasoning behind unproductiveness; it blames multitasking, uninterested workers and lack of pre-planned structures.
If managers scheduled shorter meetings, sent out expectations and agendas beforehand and stayed focused, then meetings would be much more effective.
What's Driving This Trend
- Shorter Meeting Trend
- As more businesses realize the unproductiveness of lengthy meetings, they will trend towards scheduling shorter, more concise meetings to increase productivity.
- Pre-planned Structure Trend
- A trend towards pre-planned structures for meetings will emerge as businesses seek to avoid unproductiveness resulting from lack of direction.
- Multitasking Awareness Trend
- As the negative impact of multitasking on meeting productivity becomes more apparent, businesses will focus on creating meeting environments that discourage multitasking.
Who This Affects Most
- Communications Industry
- Companies providing communication technologies that promote efficient and productive meetings will see an increase in demand as businesses seek to optimize their meeting workflows.
- Productivity Software Industry
- The productivity software industry will likely see increased demand for tools that streamline meeting planning, organization, and follow-up processes in order to improve productivity and reduce meeting waste.
- Professional Training and Coaching Industry
- As businesses recognize the value of more effective meetings, demand for professional training and coaching services focused on improving meeting productivity will likely increase.
