Meet Charles, the meeting aficionado extraordinaire. He's been to so many meetings, he's lost count. But don't let that stop you from reading his thoughts on the subject.
Charles has spent years contemplating the meaning of meetings. And by "contemplating," I mean he's just sat in a conference room for hours, staring at a whiteboard.
According to Charles, meetings are the ultimate existential crisis. "It's like trying to find meaning in a void," he says. "But with more PowerPoint."
Charles believes that meetings are the ultimate manifestation of our collective fear of commitment. "We're all just trying to avoid actual work, and meetings are the perfect excuse to do so."
But don't just take Charles's word for it. Read his treatise on "The Meaning of Meetings" for a more in-depth exploration of this topic.
Charles is not optimistic about the future of meetings. "With Zoom and Slack, we're just delaying the inevitable: the meeting-ocalypse."
But even in the face of technological doom, Charles remains resolute. "As long as there are meetings, there's hope. And by 'hope,' I mean 'a desperate clinging to the wreckage of productivity'."
Want to learn more about the meetingocalypse? Check out Charles on the Meetingocalypse.
Or, if you'd rather not, just Meeting-schmeeting, already.
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