What if one weekly meeting took up 300,000 hours of manpower in a year? That's the entire year of 34 people's lives. But this stuff happens.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndEAAw64ByY&w=620&h=315] Take a deep breath and say it with me: not everything needs to be a meeting. Pause, and now say it loud and say it proud: some things can be an e-mail, a quick talk in the hallway, or a trip to the gym. Pause again, take a swig of that coconut water, and repeat: the meeting is not the be-a…