Managers are in meetings all the time & yet nothing gets done. That's because we treat all meetings the same. According to McKinsey there are 3 types of interactions with different prescriptions:

1. Decision making, including complex or uncertain decisions (for example, i...

• Face to face, live, old-school meetings are a must when tackling important decision making or when brainstorming
• Remote video-calls work for routine decisions or working sessions.  
• One way information sharing would be async and no meeting should be required.