[darth_avocado]

> Especially, "Attending meetings is a choice." Just like paying taxes is a choice;

I am pretty aggressive about declining meetings and protecting my time. And I still agree to what you say. No matter how you structure meetings, there’s always a chance that items unrelated to the agenda are discussed, decisions are made when they’re not supposed to be made, incorrect information is conveyed or misunderstandings are not addressed. Unfortunate reality of corporate world is that you’re more likely to ask yourself be included than you decline meetings.

This of course doesn’t even touch the performative parts of corporate bs where “yOu NEeD tO Be MOrE ViSIblE”

[blackqueeriroh]

Let me tell you what visibility looks like:

- regular reports sent to all stakeholders with relevant detail - videos that demonstrate important features that folks can watch on their own time - scheduling small, focused meetings with the most important stakeholders so they can actually get what they need

It doesn’t look like going to meetings and never talking, or worse, going to meetings and blathering on so someone knows you were there.

[darth_avocado]

Depends on who is evaluating that. Not disagreeing what you mentioned helps, just that it doesn’t work everywhere.