The Cost of a Bad Meeting

Bad meetings are a billion-dollar problem hiding in plain sight on every calendar.

Based on Jabra research with more than 2,600 workers across seven markets, this talk reveals the true cost of dysfunctional meeting culture. For large organizations, our latest data shows that cost translates to over $100 million in sunk cost every year.

We explore why meetings have become so central to how work happens, and why they are now under more strain than ever. We unpack what fails inside them — from broken tech  to unclear outcomes — and the ripple effect that creates of lost time, falling energy, and repeated work.

At its core, this is a story about Meeting Debt: the hidden cost bad meetings place on time, focus, and performance... and what it takes to stop paying it.