[haolez]

Sometimes I wonder if we are trying to optimize productivity in the wrong way. Maybe the bigger gains are not from having tools that help us manage the clutter in communication, but instead it might be on having less communication altogether and still be effective at getting the right things done.

For example, I don't want to optimize my meetings' notes so that I can have tens of meetings and keep track of it. I want to have less, but more effective, meetings.

Just a thought that I have.

[turnsout]

Could not agree more. As an industry, we're stuck in the "Magic Button" paradigm, where AI does something cool, but only if you tap the Magic Button.

AI can obviously generate automatic summaries from meeting transcripts, so why can't it follow up on the next steps/action items? If a next step is for Janine to set up a meeting with Carlos, why can't it just reach out to Carlos for her to set it up?

We're thinking way too small.

[mrjn]

Fair point. We can all do with less meetings. I think tools like chat platforms / loom are all aimed at reducing the number of meetings we need to do.

Though, you do have to abide by Metcalfe's law. Most modern work happens in teams and therefore, you have to pay the price of O(N^2) communication, where N = size of the team.

I don't see communication decreasing overall. We just have to use the right tools to be more effective at it.