You can also help make short meetings happen by saying, “I’d love to talk about X. I think it’ll probably take about 15 minutes, but I’m happy to meet for the default half hour if we find we have more to talk about!”
HOWEVER if you offer a shorter meeting like this, make sure you do actually give your interlocutor a chance to gracefully exit after 15 minutes. They’ll be grateful you kept to your word!
You can also help make short meetings happen by saying, “I’d love to talk about X. I think it’ll probably take about 15 minutes, but I’m happy to meet for the default half hour if we find we have more to talk about!”
HOWEVER if you offer a shorter meeting like this, make sure you do actually give your interlocutor a chance to gracefully exit after 15 minutes. They’ll be grateful you kept to your word!