IF YOUR MEETING ENDS WITHOUT A DECISION, YOU DIDN’T HAVE A MEETING. YOU HAD A CONVERSATION.

20 people in the room.

2 hours of discussion.

50 action points.

12-page minutes.

Then everyone meets again next week...

To discuss why nothing was closed. Sound familiar?

Construction has developed an obsession with meetings.

Progress meetings. Coordination meetings. Technical meetings. Procurement meetings. Commercial meetings. Recovery meetings. And when the project falls behind? We schedule another meeting.

The problem isn't communication. It's accountability. Too many meetings end with:

"We'll look into it."

"We'll coordinate."

"We'll revert."

"We'll follow up."

But who?

By when?

And what happens if they don't?

An action without an owner and a deadline isn't an action. It's a conversation.

Projects don't move forward because meetings were held. They move forward because decisions were made and actions were closed. Perhaps we should stop measuring productivity by how many people attended the meeting...

And start measuring it by how many problems left the room solved.

My rule?

Fewer people.Shorter meetings.Clear decisions.

One owner per action.

One deadline.

No excuses at the next meeting.

The most dangerous meeting is the one where everyone talks, everyone agrees...

And nobody owns the outcome.

👇 Does construction need more coordination—or simply more accountability?