> What people say in meetings; all the posturing and preening; the petty one-upmanship and power-play — none of this has any relevance to what actually gets done in the real world.
That just sounds like you've had very negative experiences in terms of meetings / company culture.
I have lots of meetings where collaboratively we come up with much better approaches to problems, by sharing information and ensuring everybody is aware of other people's perspectives and domain expertise.
Sometimes yes there is confusion and BS. But if we push through it, we usually come out doing better work - or in the ideal case LESS work!
My comment illustrates the situation in a particularly dysfunctional and corrosive organisation.
Whilst none of us want to work in a place like this, and none of us enjoy the experience if and when we are forced to do so; we cannot pretend that workplaces like this do not exist.
Sadly, dysfunction is probably more prevalent than we would like to admit.
Fortunately, we are blessed to live in a world with endless variety; a world in which workplaces with a much healthier and productive culture also exist; places which genuinely foster cooperation and loyalty and encourage and support their employees to contribute and to feel positively about their contribution.
That just sounds like you've had very negative experiences in terms of meetings / company culture.
I have lots of meetings where collaboratively we come up with much better approaches to problems, by sharing information and ensuring everybody is aware of other people's perspectives and domain expertise.
Sometimes yes there is confusion and BS. But if we push through it, we usually come out doing better work - or in the ideal case LESS work!