{"product_id":"the-meeting-that-should-have-been-an-email","title":"The Meeting That Should Have Been an Email","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRedirecting a conversation before it wastes an hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short method for the meeting nobody wanted: how to spot it before it starts, redirect it in the first two minutes, and end it early without offending the person who called it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe unnecessary meeting almost never announces itself. It looks reasonable in the invitation, reasonable in the first two minutes, and becomes unmistakable at around minute forty — which is roughly forty minutes too late to do anything about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about the two minutes when something can still be done. It opens with the signals that identify the meeting before it starts: the agenda that is a topic rather than a question, the attendee list assembled by role, the recurrence that outlived its reason. These are visible in the invitation, which means the decision can be made before the hour is committed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe redirect itself is a short, specific move made in the opening minutes, and the book gives the wording for several versions of it — the decision that can be made in the room, the update that can be written down, the discussion that needs three people rather than nine. The tone throughout is cooperative rather than adversarial, because the person who called the meeting is usually not the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are chapters on the meeting you cannot leave, on ending early without offending anybody, and on preventing the next one from being booked — which is largely a matter of making the alternative genuinely easier rather than simply refusing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpotting the meeting before it starts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe two-minute redirect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat to say when you cannot leave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnding early without offending anyone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreventing the next one from being booked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho it is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone whose calendar is more meeting than work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeople who cannot decline meetings but can shape them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders who want specific wording rather than general advice about boundaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThose who run meetings and would like to run fewer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe meeting rarely announces itself as unnecessary. It only becomes obvious forty minutes in, which is exactly forty minutes too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: PDF ebook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 51 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelivery: instant download after payment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtection: none — no DRM, no device limit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirty-day refund on every purchase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Calma Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52883390398781,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/3082\/9117\/files\/the-meeting-that-should-have-been-an-email.webp?v=1787107210","url":"https:\/\/shop.calmaeditions.com\/products\/the-meeting-that-should-have-been-an-email","provider":"Calma Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}