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Workplace scenario · 08 of 13

A six-page AI summary of a 30-minute meeting

A colleague means well. The summary is longer than the meeting was.

The situation

After a 30-minute project meeting, a colleague sends everyone an AI-generated summary. It runs to six pages, repeats itself and doesn’t say who agreed to do what.

Principles involved

What do you do?

Choose the option you would take, then open it to see how it plays out. Reviewing the other options is part of the exercise.

Option A: Skim it and move on.

Part of the answer

You’ll miss the one action that’s yours, and nothing changes for the next meeting.

Option B: Reply to all with a correction.

Risky

Public corrections of a colleague’s notes rarely go well, and the thread grows.

Option C: Thank them, ask for the decisions, owners and deadlines in a few lines, and suggest a short format for next time.

The best choice

It’s kind and specific, and a shared format helps everyone who writes the notes after that.

Option D: Ask an AI to summarize the summary.

Part of the answer

You’ll get something shorter, but you’re now two steps away from what was actually said.

Takeaway

The reader pays for unedited AI output. Agree a short format as a team: decisions, actions with owners and deadlines, and open questions.

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  1. AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Harvard Business Review (Stanford Social Media Lab and BetterUp researchers) · September 22, 2025 · Survey research Defines workslop. Of 1,150 full-time US employees, 40% received it in the past month, and each case took an average of 1 hour and 56 minutes to deal with. Limits: Self-reported, US only and not peer reviewed. The survey method isn’t fully described, and BetterUp sells coaching services.