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Pilita Clark

Pilita Clark

Meet the CEO determined to end pointless meetings

BHP’s Mike Henry is taking an unusual approach to one of the big black holes of corporate life.

I was reading an interview with the head of one of the world’s biggest mining companies the other day when I came across a line that made my jaw drop.

It said that when Mike Henry, chief executive of BHP, has a meeting with his executives, he gives someone the job of delivering “structured feedback” about how well or badly the gathering went.

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is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.

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