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This is because the distribution of arrival times to the meeting is asymmetrically distributed at or past the scheduled start time. No one<ref>Outside the German speaking countries: Peculiar cultural factors (particularly ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' and ''[[früheankunftfreude]]'' are at work here which can skew the calculation, but do not displace the general thrust of the theory.</ref> arrives early, some people arrive late | This is because the distribution of arrival times to the meeting is asymmetrically distributed at or past the scheduled start time. No one<ref>Outside the German-speaking countries: Peculiar cultural factors (particularly ''[[späteankunftschande]]'' and ''[[früheankunftfreude]]'') are at work here which can skew the calculation, but do not displace the general thrust of the theory.</ref> arrives early, some people arrive late, and experienced meeting participants know of this asymmetric distribution and therefore time their own arrival to the expected functional starting time of the meeting, which in turn further retards that average start time. | ||
{{ | The functional starting time of a meeting is, thus not a constant but a variable, proportional to its intended population, but conditioned by the cultural disposition of its members. A meeting in Switzerland will start on time regardless of how many attendees are expected due to the overwhelming power of ''[[früheankunftfreude]]'',<ref>More or less, “the joy of punctuality”.</ref> whose effects are barely felt in London. One in Frankfurt will generally start early. | ||
Consequently, there is thus a lower ''and'' an upper bound on the number of people possible in a viable meeting of a given duration. When combined with {{buchstein}}’s ''[[Convenimus ergo es|convenimus]]'' maxim, the First Law leads to the apparent [[paradox]] that, to be meaningful, a meeting must have more than one, but fewer than two, people. | |||
There is a school of [[catholic]] thought that this is absolutely ''not'' a paradox, but is rather a profound truth about the commercial universe. | |||
As with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in physics, there are logical indeterminacies involved with congregating in a business environment. these have led to a recent extension of the [[JC]]’s first law, thus: | |||
:''A meeting with a definite '''justification''' has only an approximate probability of actually taking place, whereas the point of a meeting which is certain to go ahead can only be explained in a vague and probabilistic fashion, using words like “well...,” and “sort of” and “to be honest —” | |||
Since, per Heisenberg, ''existence'' and ''justification'' cannot be simultaneously determined, it leads to the inevitable conclusion that a meeting that one is presently attending — that is, one that definitely, right now, exists — can only have, at best, an indeterminate point, whereas the sort of meeting one would ''like'' to have — one which solves perennial problems, achieves useful things quickly, simply and effectively, and which imbues its attendee with a sense of vitality, vigour and purpose — those kinds of meetings cannot be certain to happen at all and, if they ''do'' happen, are likely to be highjacked for some ulterior, indeterminately consequential purpose. | |||
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*[[Späteankunftschande]] | *[[Späteankunftschande]] | ||
*[[Früheankunftfreude]] | *[[Früheankunftfreude]] | ||
*[[Conference call]] | *[[Conference call]] | ||
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