Define: "Meeting After the Meeting" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"The formal meeting is pure theater. Only speak up in the post-meeting backchannel where the real power brokers reside."
A subsequent, informal discussion used to clarify decisions or strategies discussed in a larger, formal gathering.
What does "Meeting After the Meeting" actually mean?
"The private Slack call where the actual decisions are made because the main meeting was paralyzed by posturing."
"We need to ensure all voices are heard in the main session to prevent the meeting after the meeting."
"Nothing got resolved in the architecture review, so let's just do the meeting after the meeting and decide."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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