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Two authors and experts in lean thinking have suggested that endless meetings and debates can be bad for businesses.

Through their book ‘Rework’ Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson have claimed that excess planning can create future problems rather than solving current ones.

The book also argued that simple solutions, while often unpopular, are usually the best as they allow innovation to happen in target areas and reduce the likeliness of creating issues in other departments.

Fried and Heinemeier Hansson have recommended that companies should try to solve today's problems, not potential ones.

They have also said that planning is guessing and that it is better to build half a product than a ‘half-assed’ product.

The authors believe that cutting out the time consuming, expensive planning process with presentations and programs can actually be beneficial as problems can be dealt with as they arise.

Looking to what the future holds is difficult and often inaccurate. Move with the times and facilitate change but don’t over think or analyse your business.