How Do Companies Really Meet?
Meetings have become an essential part of corporate work.
But we know surprisingly little about how professionals actually experience them, how much time they consume, what problems they create, and what return they generate.
That is why the Meetingitis Barometer was created: a study that tracks the evolution of workplace meetings and how professionals perceive them.
2026: The Third Edition
In 2026, we are launching the third edition of the Meetingitis Barometer, building on a research initiative designed to turn an everyday conversation into data about the reality of meetings in companies.
Each edition has an average of more than 1,000 participants.
Approximately 80% of respondents work in companies with more than 500 employees, providing a particularly relevant perspective on meeting management in large organizations.
What Do We Want to Understand?
The Barometer is not designed to prove that we have too many meetings.
We want to understand what is really happening.
We track how professionals’ perceptions are evolving and look for answers to questions such as:
Do we have more meetings than we used to?
Are they really necessary?
How much time do they consume?
Are they properly prepared?
Do they have clear objectives?
Are decisions actually made during them?
Are the right people in the room?
What problems do they create for teams?
How much do they affect focus and productivity?
Do companies have a real methodology for managing meetings?
Is meeting effectiveness measured?
Is their cost calculated?
Is the ROI of meetings measured?
Do companies understand the impact and return generated by the time they invest?
Because a meeting is also an investment of time and resources.
And every investment should be measurable.
Beyond Perception
One of the Barometer’s objectives is to understand the level of professionalization of meeting management.
Having meetings is easy.
Managing them well requires a methodology.
That is why we examine factors such as preparation, objective setting, participation, decision-making, follow-up, duration, frequency and outcome measurement.
We also analyze the main pain points experienced by professionals:
interruptions, lack of focus, back-to-back meetings, too many attendees, meetings without decisions, lack of preparation and the feeling of wasting time.
From “We Have Too Many Meetings” to Data
The Meetingitis Barometer aims to change the conversation.
It is not simply about asking whether people like meetings or not.
It is about understanding their impact on people and organizations.
Time.
Productivity.
Focus.
Quality of work.
Decision-making.
Cost.
ROI.
Because what isn’t measured is difficult to improve.
2026: We Keep Measuring Meetingitis
The third edition will allow us to compare results with previous editions and observe how perceptions of workplace meetings are evolving, which problems remain and which are changing.
The results will help build a more objective view of one of the silent inefficiencies of corporate work.
Meetingitis Barometer 2026
Data to understand the problem.
Evidence to change the way we work.
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