10 reasons why meetings are good

Here is a contrarian view of meetings. Most meetings tend to be pointless but there are reasons why they might get be valuable

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1. Good for decision making

2. Useful for explaining complex topics

3. Easier to persuade people face to face

4. Useful for resolving conflicts

5. Good place to build trust and good will

6. Humans are social animals thus meetings won’t go away

7. Often mandated by certain regulations

8. Meetings are good place to network

9. Needed to push movement on actions

10. Place to hold people accountable