Death by Meeting

Noun Phrase · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. The exhaustion and loss of productive time caused by too many meetings, especially low-value ones. In engineering slang, death by meeting is the opposite of protected focus and usually a sign that coordination has become bloated.

    In plain English: Being overwhelmed and slowed down by too many meetings.

    Example: "The project was suffering death by meeting, with status syncs about blockers consuming more energy than actually removing the blockers."

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