Early in a recent engagement, I was shown a meeting inventory — a list of recurring meetings, who attends each one, and how often they run. Out of curiosity, I did some quick math. Headcount per meeting. Duration. Frequency. A conservative hourly rate of $100 per person. One weekly meeting — ten people, one hour, fifty-two weeks — came to roughly $52,000 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. At $100 an hour per person — and that's a floor, not an average; in most organizations, the fully-loaded cost