There was a time when organisations followed a clear hierarchy. Certain positions were made just for decision-making, and communication moved upwards until it reached the person trusted to decide based on the reports.

But now, it feels like nothing happens without ten strategic meetings and input from everyone. Lower-level staff are supposed to give info for higher level yet everyone gets pulled into endless “strategy” talks.

It is like we are in the podcast era of work. Constant discussions and brainstorming take up time.
If we focused more on doing the work and let the people hired to decide actually decide, we wouldn’t need to work so many hours just to get things done.