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When workplace rituals become empty traditions that no one wants to challenge

Our team has this monthly all-hands meeting that everyone dreads but no one will say we should change it because it's 'tradition' and I think we're all just going through the motions. We spend two hours in a conference room pretending this ritual still serves us when it clearly doesn't.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Collective ceremonies can outlive their purpose while everyone privately questions their value.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ceremony and marking time?”

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