Something I noticed visiting a few companies w/ more than 250+ ppl:

- Meetings with a lot of people (more than 10 but not an all hands)
- Why do they all need to be here?
- Why do many of them look so uncomfortable / don't want to be here?
- How does this end up happening?
- Wtf?

db.team → SuperBenefitDAO, All in For Sport → "purpose aligned networks of small autonomous teams”


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Let's say you have 10 people in an hour long meeting, 7 of which don't want (or need) to be there, with no authority to exit*. 

On conservative base salary rates, thats maybe $1K just raw cost for that group to meet.  Perhaps only 3 people needed to be there, yet 7 more get loaded in "because optics (?)" or worse.  

So we spent $1K to get $300 of possible "meeting value"...but it's worse, because the effectiveness of what that 3 are doing with 7 dead-weights drags it down further.  

Add 10 people, when you needed 3 at most. 
$1K →  ~$150
x3-6 p/day, after day, after day
Borg inertia of doom.

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(*) Alternative (uncommon) realities.
In contrast, the McCarthy protocol:

- <Pass> allows any individual to leave a meeting if they feel they cannot contribute positively or are not gaining value from the discussion. 

and 

- <Check-Out> If you decide that you need to leave a meeting, you should explicitly declare your intention by saying, “I am checking out.” ← no explanation required.

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