Meetings: Possible Solutions: Solution 3: The Inefficiency Engine

Overview

Solution 3 is a meeting format that involves having every single person present their ideas, only to have them all get shot down in a blaze of condescension.

Sub-Section: The Circle of Doom

When one person presents, the rest of the group listens attentively, nodding furiously, and then promptly shoot down their idea, citing reasons why it'll never work, while simultaneously working on their own, identical idea, but with a few minor tweaks.

The Tyranny of the Round Robin - How to turn the Circle of Doom into a Circle of Despair

Sub-Section: The Art of Pretentiousness

In this sub-section, we explore the delicate art of making everyone else's ideas sound like yours.

The Art of Pretentiousness 101

Sub-Section: The Inefficiency Engine's Greatest Hits

A collection of the most egregious examples of the Inefficiency Engine in action.

Inefficiency Engine Greatest Hits

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