Yes, I do have some thoughts on that. It seems less a lack of ability than a lack of willingness. They just aren’t willing to force themselves to do the unpleasant work.
This problem has been eternal. Earl Nightingale used to speak of those who were motivated more by pleasing experiences than by pleasing outcomes. The majority of people, by definition, not the leaders, are talkers more than doers.
Getting a job done, the actual execution of the results is something that requires courage. One definition of courage is: taking action despite your fears.
Another is: The ability to get yourself to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, whether you feel like it or not, and still doing it well.
Regardless which of these definitions you prefer, the key element in executing on an intention or a need is having the courage to face the criticism, disagreement, judgement, disapproval, resistance, and anger of others. Another aspect is the endurance of pain, drudgery or boredom in the process of executing a plan.
I’ll write later about where courage comes from. For now, let’s all start looking for ways to en-courage each other. Most encouragement ends up being mere reassurance. I think we need to go deeper and truly build each other’s courage.

1. That SO much time is wasted in all sorts of business functions.

2. That people need to start being HONEST with the person RESPONSIBLE for making positive things happen (like improving meeting productivity). What good does it do to tell someone else who can’t make anything happen? How does that move things FORWARD?

Having run a few thousand meetings in my day (it sure feels like that!), I far more appreciated those people who spoke up when dissatisfied, then those who said something to someone else hoping it would make its way back to me.