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Don’t force it
Meeting agendas are created days in advance and followed rigidly regardless of what’s actually happening. Critical emerging issues get delayed to future meetings while teams trudge through pre-planned topics that are no longer urgent. The loudest or most senior voices dominate the prioritization process, and the team’s real needs get sidelined.
There’s also the politics of agendas: Who gets to decide what’s discussed is often an open secret, and it has a substantial impact on what the organization ends up prioritizing. In many organizations, getting your item on the agenda requires political capital or seniority. Junior team members, new voices, or those from underrepresented groups often struggle to get their concerns addressed because they lack the juice to get on the agenda in the first place.