I came across a great quote from Paul Strassmann, summarizing what is becoming epidemic; meetings about meetings: “There are meetings, and meetings about meetings, and meetings to plan reports, and meetings to review the status of reports. And what these meetings are about is people just trying to figure out what they are doing.”


So the question I pose, is the meeting the problem or something bigger? I think the latter!


The problem is not necessarily meetings, but how, why, and when the meetings are held. Add the people factor and we get into deep territory!

Some quick, frightening stats:


75% of people have received no formal training on how to conduct a meeting

50% of people find meetings unproductive

25% of meetings are spent conducting irrelevant issues


Ineffective, unproductive meetings are a substantial hidden cost on any business, that arguably any business has the greatest opportunity to control. The question is how? Historical meeting management systems have been costly, timely and out of reach for many businesses. Further, the system solved part of the meeting problem, not all.


The next productivity breakthrough is leveraging smart software innovation that manages the entire meeting process. From set-up to follow-up, with a focus on outcomes and actions that drive real productivity.


Minute-it is the world’s most powerful, efficient and effective tool to manage your meetings, their purpose and their outcomes. Its cloud-based platform allows you to share information anywhere, anytime on any device. Further, you can:

  • easily create meeting series and reduce administrative time and costs in the set up and running of meetings
  • communicate and share decisions in real time
  • store all meetings, minutes and documents centrally
  • report and track productivity
  • review outstanding items, upcoming meetings via a intuitive meeting dashboard 


All of which will save you time, energy and real costs, allowing you to focus more on what’s really important… your business.


Minute-it’s aim is to end ineffective, unproductive, meetings and centers on spending less time in meetings and more time getting things done. Every workplace, big or small can begin to see a positive change in the way that their business manages every meeting. Minute-it is the perfect solution for all kinds of meetings. To find out more visit https://minute-it.com