Those are the wrong sort of work meetings.

Where possible you want everyone to be well informed on the way in, at least about the current situation and the obvious proposals. This gives people time to digest the information and maybe even suggest their own proposals.

Then there's two types of meetings.

* Leadership communication meetings (quick review to make sure everyone understands how important the data they already knew about is / cement context).

* Brainstorming meetings (figure out a plan / pathfinding)