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karlv
Microsoft
MicrosoftChange default meeting length in Outlook - Avoid Back-to-Back meetings!
We give the following advice in our VP's blog post -
"schedule meetings to conclude five minutes before the end of the hour or half hour. This shortens your time together slightly but goes a long w...
This is a great idea, but is borderline useless in practice. Everyone knows this is an artificial stop time and still requires hard compliance being enforced by the meeting organizer and all participants.
What is needed is a default to start each meeting 5 minutes late. This gives you the breathing room from the previous meeting and is self-enforceable. This is a policy I try to enforce with my teams on every project. But since covid, it has been especially critical.
