Almost everything that ruins a meeting is decided before anyone walks into the room.
TL;DR: In January 2023, Shopify deleted every recurring meeting with more than two people, and the instructive part was watching which ones people fought to get back. A meeting is a symptom: the damage was done days earlier, by someone dragging a block onto a calendar. Overstuffed invite lists are what an organization that writes nothing down looks like. If your AI avatar could attend without loss, that is a document with catering. The undelivered action item costs more than the silent attendee; it books the next meeting. Judge your AI by the meetings it prevents, then cancel one and watch.
