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Most meeting problems are solvable, the solutions are grounded in evidence, and the improvements available to any leader are more significant than most people expect.

Steven G. Rogelberg is the world's leading researcher on meeting science. Over 25 years he has studied meetings through field surveys, controlled experiments, and organizational audits across hundreds of companies and thousands of employees. The (Even More) Surprising Science of Meetings--now in a fully rebuilt second edition--is his translation of that body of research into practice.

Readers will come away with a clear understanding of why standard meeting practices underperform. Agendas, as typically constructed, do little to improve meeting quality--but a question-based redesign, grounded in goal-setting research, demonstrably changes how people prepare and participate. Meeting length, almost universally set by calendar default, can be determined through a deliberate formula that uses Parkinson's Law as a tool rather than a constraint. Meeting size has a well-documented negative relationship with decision quality and participation--and managing it doesn't require excluding people, if handled thoughtfully. Leader talk time is inversely related to meeting ratings--a finding with direct implications for how facilitation should be understood as a leadership skill.

This edition goes considerably further than the first. New content covers AI as a practical tool across every phase of meeting life, from agenda design to real-time facilitation support. Hybrid and virtual meeting design are addressed with the same evidence-based rigor applied to in-person settings. Five new chapters cover the distinct science and practice of 1:1s, town halls, board meetings, off-sites, and post-mortems. A new chapter on attendee responsibilities provides the first evidence-based taxonomy of what good meeting participation actually requires. And a chapter on organizational meeting culture offers a systems-level framework for leaders and organizations that want lasting change rather than incremental improvement.

The tools section has been substantially expanded. A six-phase operational checklist, decision matrix, and suite of assessment instruments give readers concrete resources to apply the book's guidance immediately.