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Many companies still continue the outdated practice of weekly (or even daily) department meetings for passing along information (including project updates). It’s my opinion that these meetings are a complete waste of time that could otherwise be spent solving actual business problems.

The better option for passing information

This is by no means groundbreaking, but the simple solution to preventing the monumental time suck of departmental meetings is an online forum using a service like Google Wave, Ning, Facebook, or a custom install behind the firewall.