Stop the meeting marathon

Fewer meetings, better decisions, more time for what matters

On average, each employee spends 392 hours a year in meetings – that's more than two months. One in three meetings is deemed unnecessary, while two out of three are considered inefficient. Meetings do not scale: With too few participants, relevant perspectives are missing, and with too many, productivity drops rapidly. Rhizome replaces decision-making meetings with a well-structured, asynchronous process - and frees the time you need for real value creation.

This is how it works with Rhizome:

• Decisions are prepared and made asynchronously: Everyone can contribute their expertise when it suits them – without everyone needing to be available at the same time. Briefings no longer take place in the actual meeting they should help prepare in the first place.

• Rhizome democratizes expertise: It’s not the loudest speaker who gets to talk, but those who have relevant perspectives. Even reserved team members can calmly formulate well thought-out contributions without having to fight for attention in the meeting.

• The documentation is created automatically: No more hand-written minutes, no guessing about resolutions. All changes, objections, and justifications are fully accounted for in a transparent manner.

• Meetings only take place when they are truly necessary: For complex discussions that require real interaction – not for decisions that can also be made asynchronously.

Why this is important:

On average, meetings cost companies €5,650 per employee per year – just from unnecessary or inefficient gatherings. With Rhizome, you reduce the work time invested on decisions by 47% with a 43% shorter time-to-decision. This means: more time for productive work, faster decisions, and better results by systematically incorporating relevant expertise.