According to our top-secret research, meetings can last forever if you just add enough "just one more thing"s.
Example:
Agenda: "Discuss the Johnson report, then review the Smith report, and finally, let's just check on the Wilson account... and the Smith account... and the Johnson account... and the Johnson account... again."
Result: A meeting that's still ongoing after the sun sets.
Meeting-Adjacent Theories: How to turn a meeting into a mini-vacationOur research shows that 9 out of 10 people can convincingly pretend to listen to a meeting while secretly playing Solitaire on their phone.
Nine out of ten people can do it, but not ten out of ten people, because that would imply a 100% success rate, and that's just not possible.
The Art of Pretending to Listen: Techniques and Tricks