In large organizations, I’m seeing the “scope creep” of the DIE agenda (diversity, inclusion, and equity), which HR depts seem to use to justify their existence, seem busier, and to increase their salaries and influence. The DIE agenda _sounds_ nice i…

Sometimes managers schedule team meetings for an hour at a time. What is the appropriate time and way to say, “hey, this is keeping me from doing my work”? When they drag on to 90 minutes?I am new to this organization, and am not used to these long te…

That’s just the required stand-ups. Once a meeting goes to the 50- or 55- minute mark, I start losing focus, I need to lie down, I need to close my eyes. But I am the most junior person on the team and should listen, even though most of the conversati…