Management expert Peter Drucker famously noted that a “working meeting” was impossible: “One either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.” And, for the most part, he’s right. Most meetings involve planning and coordinating the work, not executing it. But sometimes people—writers, programmers, mathematicians— do huddle around a laptop or whiteboard to do real work together. Let’s call these group work sessions and make sure to disinvite the bureaucrats.
