Based on what we heard, we rebuilt the meeting rhythm one meeting at a time, ensuring that each one had a clear purpose and matching structure. We tweaked these formats iteratively, based on feedback, until we had something that worked. Gone were the needless reviews, cross-functional one-on-ones to negotiate and back-channel, and long-recurring meetings that no one could remember the impetus for. What used to take forty-five hours now only took eighteen.
