New Book · Release May 26, 2026

The
Meeting
Book

How the Best Companies Meet Better

Did you know that most employees think most of their meetings are a waste of time? Learn how some of the world's most powerful tech companies run meetings to energize employees and gain a competitive edge with faster, better decisions.

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By Paul English Co-founder of Kayak.com
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About the Book
71% of employees say meetings are unproductive
$37B lost annually to unproductive meetings in the US alone
55M meetings held every day in the US

Stop Wasting Time.
Start Transforming
How You Meet.

Learn how some of the most powerful companies in the technology industry — including Amazon, Airbnb, Intuit, and LinkedIn — run meetings to energize employees and give those companies a competitive edge with faster, better decisions.

Through engaging narratives and actionable takeaways, Paul English reveals how building a strong meeting culture can make all the difference for any organization. This is a rare blend of storytelling and practical wisdom.

Meetings don't have to be dreaded time-sinks. They can become engines of trust, strategy, innovation, and performance — and even, dare we say, fun.

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What You'll Learn

Meeting Intelligence
at Every Level

01

Culture-First Meetings

How the best companies deliberately design their meeting culture to amplify innovation and trust.

02

Faster Decisions

Proven frameworks that compress decision timelines without sacrificing quality or buy-in.

03

Energy & Engagement

Techniques to run meetings that people actually leave feeling energized instead of drained.

04

Real-World Playbooks

Inside stories from Amazon, Airbnb, Intuit, LinkedIn, and other tech leaders — straight from the people who were in the room.

05

Eliminate the Waste

Specific practices to identify and cut the meetings that add no value — freeing your team to focus on what matters.

06

Purpose & Accountability

How to close every meeting with clarity, ownership, and follow-through so nothing falls through the cracks.

Praise for The Meeting Book

What the Experts
Are Saying

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A rare blend of storytelling and actionable wisdom, showing how companies like Amazon, Airbnb, Intuit, and LinkedIn transformed meetings from dreaded time-sinks into engines of trust, strategy, innovation, and performance.

Youngme Moon Harvard Business School Professor
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For managers, nothing is more vital for success than building a strong and effective meeting culture, and Paul English shows through engaging narratives and takeaways how it's done. What's more, this book proves that meetings can be full of purpose and even, dare we say, fun.

Dave Dodson Stanford Business School · Author of The Manager's Handbook
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Mixes vivid stories and practical tools to turn mindless, mundane meetings into magic. Highly recommended if you are looking for ways to make innovation flourish.

Scott D. Anthony Clinical Professor, Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business · Author of Epic Disruptions
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Entrepreneurs who create successful companies are rare, yet Paul English has done it again and again. What Paul reveals in The Meeting Book is that building a strong meeting culture can make all the difference. Anyone who spends hours in meetings needs to read this book.

Bill Aulet Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship & Managing Director, The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
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About the Author

Paul English

Entrepreneur · Investor · Activist

Paul English is best known as the co-founder of Kayak.com, the travel search engine that transformed how millions of people book travel. He has created and sold five other technology companies and has started five nonprofits.

Paul is a frequent lecturer at MIT, Stanford Business School, and Harvard Business School. He is also a cofounder of Boston Venture Studio and an active investor focused on seed-stage AI companies.

Paul is the subject of Tracy Kidder's book "A Truck Full of Money." You can hear him on "How I Built This" with Guy Raz, and watch his talks from TEDxBoston.

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Available May 26, 2026

Ready to Make
Every Meeting Count?

Pre-order The Meeting Book today and learn the secrets behind how the world's best companies turn meetings into their greatest competitive advantage.

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