Define: "AOB (Any Other Business)" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Say 'No, thank you' and immediately click 'Leave Meeting'. Do not linger in the AOB zone."
A placeholder at the end of a meeting agenda to discuss items not previously scheduled.
What does "AOB (Any Other Business)" actually mean?
"The terrifying final moments of a British meeting where a stakeholder casually drops a P1 crisis right as you are trying to disconnect."
"Does anyone have any AOB before we wrap up today's sync?"
"I thought we were done but under AOB the marketing director mentioned the primary VPN has been offline since Tuesday."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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