Why meetings are awful

Most gatherings of business teams are utterly devoid of proper context. Here's why.

I've written about this topic a couple of times before -- for example, in this post. I was thinking about a new angle on it recently -- essentially "Why are meetings typically awful?" -- and I came to a different line of thought. Bear with me.

A couple of years ago, I worked for ESPN. I switched roles a few times while I worked there, so towards the midd…