Why it’s time to get shot of coffee meetings at work
A productivity hack for the ages
If people used the time they currently devote to reading books about productivity hacks to do some actual work, their productivity problem would be solved. But occasionally these books contain nuggets of wisdom. In “Time Wise”, Amantha Imber has a short chapter whose title alone gleams with good sense. It is called “Why you need to say ‘no’ to coffee meetings”. That is splendid advice for anyone who can identify with the following situation.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Caffeine with Cassie”
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