Do meetings make for worse decisions?
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IMPROVING DECISION MAKING BY NOT MEETING FACE-TO-FACE
Scott Armstrong of Wharton has recently polled the mailing lists of decision experts looking for evidence that face-to-face meetings lead to more accurate forecasts and better decisions than alternatives such as virtual teams or prediction markets. He found none. Evidence-based Armstrong comes down on the side of the prediction that face to face meetings are less effective than more efficient alternatives.
To learn more, read the readable article in Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting.
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