Meeting Intelligence: Make Every Call Move the Pipeline

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Description: Standardize agendas, evidence, and follow-ups. Use a Meeting Quality Score, no-show guards, and latency SLAs so calls produce stage exits, PV/day lift, and product learning.

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Article Title: Meeting Intelligence: Make Every Call Move the Pipeline

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title: 'Meeting Intelligence: Make Every Call Move the Pipeline' summary: 'Standardize meeting types, outcomes, and evidence to increase stage exits, reduce PV/day friction, and feed product insight loops.' tags: [GTM, Sales Ops, RevOps, Pipeline Velocity, Meeting Strategy, Evidence-Based Selling] authors: [Mikkoh Chen] word_count: 2210 tables: 4 formulas: 1 confidence: 97%

🎯 Problem Statement

Your sellers are slammed, your meetings are stacked, but your pipeline isn’t moving. The problem? Meeting chaos: no purpose, no proof, no movement. Every call should either unlock a stage exit or feed product truth—but most don’t. For GTM leaders, this isn’t a meeting problem—it’s a throughput crisis. You don’t need more meetings. You need more movement.

🏗️ System Architecture: Meeting Intelligence Stack

🔧 Implementation Steps

1. Classify meetings by stage — and define the exit evidence

Mikkoh's Note: Never treat meetings as “updates.” They are stage-change mechanisms—no evidence, no progress.

2. Set latency SLAs for follow-ups

Mikkoh’s Note: Most deals die in latency. If there’s no proof within 24–48 hours, assume momentum decayed. SLA adherence is the leading indicator.

3. Calculate Meeting Quality Score (MQS)

MQS = (Evidence_Score 0.4) + (Engagement_Score 0.3) + (Latency_Compliance * 0.3)

Worked Example:

Evidence fields: 4/5 (80%) → 80

Engagement score: 75

Follow-up sent within SLA: Yes → 100

MQS = (80×0.4) + (75×0.3) + (100×0.3) = 32 + 22.5 + 30 = 84.5

4. Gate meetings with no-show and identity controls

Mikkoh's Note: Most junk meetings are preventable. Use ML filters and simple heuristics to protect your calendar.

5. Publish the Meeting Intelligence Tile weekly

Use a tile per segment (MM/ENT, NA/EU, PLG/Sales) to surface patterns. Pair with PV/day tile to map throughput root causes.

✅ Validation Checklist

Every meeting type has exit evidence documented

MQS calculator implemented in CRM or post-call workflow

Follow-up SLA alerts configured (Slack, Email, etc.)

No-show guardrails turned on (routing, gating, alerts)

Meeting Intelligence tile published 1x/week per segment

📊 Success Metrics

⚠️ Red Flags + Prevention

[SYNTHETIC EXAMPLE] Case Study: Stage Exits Up 28% in 5 Weeks

A growth-stage SaaS team implemented Meeting Intelligence in Q1 across its mid-market sales segment. Prior to rollout, only 46% of meetings led to a stage move within 3 days. Follow-up delays were common—only 62% compliance.

After shipping:

MQS launched in CRM + auto-calculated on Gong notes

Legal enforced 12h SLA post-Commercials

Rep enablement emphasized evidence-first calls

Results after 5 weeks:

PV/day: $2,150 → $2,408 (+12%)

Stage movement %: 46% → 74%

MQS (avg): 68 → 83

Latency compliance: 62% → 91%

No-show rate: –11 pts (from 18% to 7%)

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A system diagram of the 'Meeting Intelligence Stack' with layers: Meeting Types, MQS Engine, SLA Tracker, No-Show Guardrails, Routing Layer, and Bottleneck Tile. Arrows showing data flow into CRM, PLG, and Product Feedback Loops.

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Every meeting is a system event. When you treat them like rituals instead of revenue infrastructure, you burn cycles and lose deals. But with evidence, SLA pressure, and identity filters, you turn chaos into compound movement. That’s Meeting Intelligence.

Now… publish your tile, pick your driver, and move the pipeline.

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Meeting Intelligence

Meeting Intelligence: Make Every Call Move the Pipeline

🌟 Problem statement

Too many meetings end without movement. Notes vanish, follow-ups die in inboxes, and pipeline velocity (PV/day) suffers. For RevOps teams and GTM leaders, every meeting must become a stage-change mechanism with artifacts, timestamps, and SLAs—or it’s just calendar clutter.

🔿 System architecture

Component Function Tool/Owner Outcome Meeting Types Predefined purpose + exit artifacts Sales Ops Valid stage movement criteria Meeting Quality Score (MQS) Audit call outcomes against 5 inputs RevOps / Enablement Consistent coaching + pipeline clarity Follow-up SLA Engine Track follow-up latency + decay RevOps / CRM Faster cycle time, lower ghosting Exit Field Enforcement Stage progression requires data artifacts CRM Admin Compliance with stage definitions Insights Pipeline Parse calls for enums + routes to product Product Ops Structured product learning

🔧 Implementation

Define meeting types + exit evidence

Discovery: ICP confirmed, quantified pain (≥ $X), next-step timestamp

Solution Fit: Decision criteria doc, 2+ stakeholder roles, mutual plan draft

Evaluation: Trial activated, success metric, exec sponsor named

Commercials: Pricing locked, signatory ID'd, standard terms or exception log

Executive Review: Risk/reversibility matrix, sponsor alignment

Block exits unless evidence present

In CRM, set 'Required to Exit' fields for each stage

Use auto-stamp for timestamps, roles, success criteria, decision URL

Implement MQS scoring system

Score formula: MQS = 100 x (0.30 x Agenda + 0.25 x Evidence + 0.20 x Next Step + 0.15 x Multithreading + 0.10 x Identity Confidence)

Example: MQS = 100 x (0.9 + 0.8 + 0.75 + 0.5 + 0.9) = 78.5

Log MQS per call; use for rep coaching and forecast risk

Enforce follow-up latency SLA

Set rules by lead band:

Hot: ≤ 2 hours

Warm: ≤ 24 hours

Add decay model to weight delay: Conversion = BaseRate x e^(-t / h), where h = 12h half-life Example: t = 24h ⇒ Conversion = 0.1 vs. 0.33 at t = 2h

Standardize data capture from meetings

Structured fields (not free-text):

Roles present (picklist)

Pain ($ value)

Success metric (enum)

Decision doc URL

Timestamp (auto)

Route to:

Stage progression

Product backlog

Training insights

✅ Validation checklist

CRM has all required exit fields per stage

MQS logged for ≥90% of customer calls

Follow-up latency tracked for Hot/Warm bands

Calls parsed into structured artifacts (enums, links)

Weekly pipeline review includes stage-exit evidence tiles

📊 Success metrics

Metric Baseline Target Notes Meeting Quality Score 68 ≥77 Measured weekly, 5-point rolling avg Follow-up SLA compliance 62% ≥90% SLA = Hot: 2h, Warm: 24h No-show rate 18% ≤10% No-shows tracked per rep/week Stage exits per week +23% Sustain Lagging indicator, watch for lift decay PV/day +9% Sustain Tie lift to cycle time + win rate

⚠️ Red flags & fixes

Symptom Cause Fix 'Great meeting' but no stage move Exit evidence undefined or optional Block exits without required artifacts Stale Commercials stage Undefined success metric or pricing Force those fields before progression Inconsistent coaching focus No quality framework for call review Adopt MQS + compo