Future of HR “How to Have the Best Meetings Ever” with Rebecca Hinds, author of “Your Best Meeting Ever” and leading expert on organizational behavior and the future of work.
Mar 3, 2026
Rebecca Hinds, organizational behavior researcher and author of Your Best Meeting Ever, studies collaboration and meeting design. She talks about when meetings are truly needed and how they expose culture and collaboration breakdowns. Learn the 4D test for meeting necessity, how to treat meetings like products, and why rhythms, norms, and AI matter for better meetings.
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Shift Status Updates To Transparent Tools
- Move status updates out of meetings into Slack, email, or project tools and make a central source of truth for decisions.
- Prioritize transparent channels so people can self-serve updates without attending meetings.
Rich Work Trails Prevent Corporate Amnesia
- Organizations suffer corporate amnesia when they record only final decisions without the context and rationale.
- Rebecca Hinds highlights 'rich work trails' that document debates and reasoning to avoid repeating decisions.
Brainstorm Individually Then Meet To Decide
- For brainstorming, require independent idea generation before group discussion to avoid status-driven anchoring.
- Ask everyone to submit ideas asynchronously, then use the meeting to decide and build on those ideas together.
