005. Can a Meeting Carry Its Own Weight?
A meeting can look cheap. The real cost is the work that has to happen around it.
In episode 5 of Better Kind of Busy, Paciva co-founders Jeremy Mays and Frederick Townes ask whether a meeting can carry its own weight: what bad meetings actually cost, why AI note takers stop short, and what changes when an assistant handles the work around your meetings.
(00:00) Cold open: scammed again
(03:20) Better Kind of Busy
(04:21) A meeting to plan a meeting
(05:20) Can a meeting carry its own weight?
(07:12) Prep, follow-ups and commitments
(09:53) The Collaboration Tax: 275 interruptions a day…
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