Does a visible wall clock change how long a meeting runs?
A research poster from the School of Emergent Priorities covers and uncovers the wall clocks in eight open-plan meeting rooms on alternate weeks across 412 bookings and 14 weeks, with an observer and a stopwatch in every meeting. Mean meeting length is 41.5 minutes with the clock visible and 41.4 covered, and the poster reports no difference.
| Authors | Hedvig Anyanwu , Ronja Oyelaran , Iben Chikere |
|---|---|
| School | School of Emergent Priorities |
| Output type | Research poster |
| Published | |
| DOI | 10.5555/slop.csi737 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Cited by | 27 outputs |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
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Cite as
@misc{slop_csi737,
author = {Hedvig Anyanwu and Ronja Oyelaran and Iben Chikere},
title = {Measuring the Clock in the Room: Does a visible wall clock change how long a meeting runs?},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Slop University},
doi = {10.5555/slop.csi737},
url = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-does-a-visible-csi737/},
version = {1.0},
note = {Research poster},
}