Forget the AI Notetaker, Someone From Iceland Will Knit a Summary of Your Meeting - CNET
Is there anything worse than a meeting that really should have been an email? Visit Iceland has a new, albeit quirky, way to combat increasing meeting fatigue.
Rather than turning to AI tools and notetakers to take your place or keep track of what’s important in meetings, a real, crafty person will show up to listen. The AI Knittakers initiative from Visit Iceland will let you book an authentic Icelandic knitter to join your virtual meeting who will knit a sign with a single word that sums up the meeting, like “align,” “pivot,” “reset,” “huh?” or, my personal favorite, “WTF?”
Meeting fatigue is real. A December 2023 surveyof 5,000 workers found that 78% of respondents said work meetings make it hard for them to get their work done, and 76% said they feel drained on heavy meeting days, highlighting that the growing number of virtual meetings since the COVID-19...
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