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{{a|confcall|}}A [[meeting]] is what happens when a colleague unilaterally asserts that ''his'' agenda is more important than yours. Though, of course, meetings ''can'' be benign and even fruitful — few of history’s monsters have been wholly without redeeming feature — convening a meeting is a profoundly political act and, however well-intended, most of what goes on in them has a starkly political aspect. | {{a|confcall|}}A [[meeting]] is what happens when a colleague unilaterally asserts that ''his'' agenda is more important than yours. Though, of course, meetings ''can'' be benign and even fruitful — few of history’s monsters have been wholly without redeeming feature — convening a meeting is a profoundly political act and, however well-intended, most of what goes on in them has a starkly political aspect. | ||
Meetings are thus best avoided, and any adept [[survivor]] will have developed detailed tactics for doing so. Like [ | Meetings are thus best avoided, and any adept [[survivor]] will have developed detailed tactics for doing so. Like [[meeting avoidance tactics|these ones]]. | ||
Like a [[conference call]], only without phones, it’s much harder (though not impossible, depending on how brazen you are) to [[multi-task]], and impossible to go on [[Sorry, I was on mute|mute]]. | Like a [[conference call]], only without phones, it’s much harder (though not impossible, depending on how brazen you are) to [[multi-task]], and impossible to go on [[Sorry, I was on mute|mute]]. | ||