Superteams

Axios Co-founder Roy Schwartz: why average is worthless now

Summation with Auren Hoffman, 6 October 2026. The book comes up at 6 min 19 sec in.

Roy Schwartz cites the new book Super Teams to support his advice on meeting culture. He notes it found that average teams spent 18 hours weekly in meetings and 11 hours on email or Slack, leaving barely a day for actual work. High-performing teams held fewer standing meetings, only convened when necessary, and required clear agendas and stated outcomes each time. He says he wished the data had been available before publishing his own book.

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