SAN FRANCISCO — By Justin Case, AI Bee Reel Staff

January 26, 2026

SEATTLE, WA — Productivity at OmniCorp plummeted today during a strategic pivot toward efficiency. Regional Manager Greg Stevens called a mandatory two-hour "all-hands" meeting, where he stood at a podium and read a single PowerPoint slide titled "How to Reduce Meeting Time" word-for-word to a room of 200 people.

"We must stop wasting valuable hours on pointless gatherings," said Stevens, pausing the presentation for 15 minutes to fix a broken HDMI cable. "The data shows we need to prioritize better meetings. That is why I blocked off everyone’s afternoon to read these bullet points to you slowly. It is the only way to ensure we move fast."

The initiative to reclaim time has effectively stopped all actual work. "This 120-minute session is actually a time-saver," explained VP of Operations Linda Wu, nodding confidently as a developer in the front row openly wept into his laptop. "If we emailed this information, people might read it in 30 seconds and miss the nuance of our commitment to brevity."

At press time, Stevens scheduled a four-hour follow-up workshop to brainstorm why the first meeting went 45 minutes over time.

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