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Simplest, dumbest reason your meetings suck

This is one you can fix all by yourself — no need to schedule more meetings to make bad meetings more tolerable.

Rita Kind-Envy
UX Collective
10 min readFeb 14, 2025

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UX (User Experience) Writing is the mastery of streamlining one’s mind through the digital field of information, from point A to point B, in the path of least resistance. It has more in common with GPS systems than creative writing. As a UX Writer, I am not trained to sell — unless by transparency and honesty in how I say things.

The point is, I couldn’t sell you a slice of free cheese (let alone some psychology BS). And if I did have a free slice, I’d probably eat it.

While the title of this article might sound clickbaity, rest assured, I’m not selling you anything. I just call it like it is. I truly believe the reason you’re unhappy with “crappy” meetings as a UX professional is simple and fixable. But brace yourself — the truth is a little harsh.

The pleasant thing is that the solution isn’t to schedule more meetings. That’s not how I want to work. We need to make the most of the ones we already have.

In the article, I’m talking about remote meetings — as they suck the most.

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Written by Rita Kind-Envy

I'm a UX writer who mostly writes about writing. Sometimes I write about other things, though.

Responses (1)

What are your thoughts?

As always, heartfelt, humane and super useful. I particularly like the reasons people disengage during on-line meetings, and the mantras for getting them back on track. (Edit: Can we please have a picture of Trashka?)