"One of those books" -- a dry, business tome for administrators, this is not. Boudett and City (who also wrote "Data Wise") got a shout-out from me in the very beginning, for the breezy, fun notes in the Intro about how the book could be read in "determined stints on an exercise bike". That was quickly followed by an allusion to "Wrinkle in Time" in the first chapter. Finally, in the end, there is a reference to sitting in a meeting "ordering socks" on your cellphone. I laughed out loud. I've never encountered a book of this type that was so real, so accurate, and so "human." Not only a fast read, but very digestable, with takeaways I already plan to use in my meeting planning. It was short, clear, to the point, had the focus on the right spot -- it was simply terrific. And I have honestly never said that about a work tome. I wanted to lend it to half the people in my working group, but I've placed sticky notes on so many sections I don't want to part with it. Bottom line -- meetings shouldn't be about one-directional input. It's a revolutionary idea that every one of us who sit in those kinds of meetings knows. It took these two women to show how a productive meeting can be so much more.
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