Duncan Brown on Mythryl: “This really resonates. Meetings are the synchronisation penalty…”

This really resonates. Meetings are the synchronisation penalty public servants pay for an overwhelmingly synchronous, distributed system of management. The “meeting culture” is not optional—it expresses a cultural void where autonomy can’t flourish.

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social

Sthg I don't specifically call out in this blog post on AI notetakers is how awful some bits of govt meeting culture appear to be. The bit about presenteeism directly reflects feedback from junior folk who talked about how important it is to turn up to meetings www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...

careful.industriesNine risks caused by AI notetakers — Careful IndustriesAI transcription tools are not currently mature or reliable enough to be regarded as an always on, single-source of truth for meeting notes. Nine common risks, and six possible mitigations.

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