Duke: About 80% of meeting time is spent discussing existing consensus
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Annie Duke, decision strategist, argues that teams inefficiently spend most meeting time reinforcing agreement rather than exploring differences of opinion.
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“About 80% of meetings get spent on agreements.”
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