Layer 4: AI Recommendations

AI That Finds Your Meeting Waste

20% of your meetings generate 80% of your meeting waste. Tolly's AI recommendation engine identifies exactly which meetings to cancel, shorten, merge, or trim — with dollar amounts attached to every suggestion.

The 20/80 rule of meeting waste

You don't need to fix every meeting. In most organizations, 20% of meetings account for 80% of wasted time and money. Tolly's AI finds that 20% and shows you exactly what to do about it.

20%

Of Meetings

Account for most waste

$1.2M

Average Recoverable

For 500-person company

89%

Accuracy

AI recommendation confidence

How the recommendation engine works

Four steps from calendar data to actionable, dollar-denominated recommendations.

1

Analyze patterns

Tolly analyzes your calendar data, attendance patterns, meeting costs, and engagement signals across every meeting in your organization.

2

Identify waste

The AI engine identifies meetings that can be cancelled, shortened, merged, or have attendees reduced based on data patterns, not opinions.

3

Generate recommendations

Each recommendation comes with a confidence score, estimated savings, and specific rationale that helps managers make informed decisions.

4

Track impact

When recommendations are accepted, Tolly tracks the actual savings and reports on the ROI of every change made.

Sample recommendation cards

Every recommendation comes with a confidence score, estimated savings, and specific rationale.

Cancel94% confidence

Cancel "Weekly Status Sync"

This 30-minute recurring meeting with 8 attendees has had no agenda for 6 weeks. Attendance has declined 40% over the past quarter.

$1,240/month

estimated savings

Reduce87% confidence

Reduce attendees on "Product Review"

4 of 12 attendees have never spoken or contributed to action items. Suggest making them optional with async summary.

$680/month

estimated savings

Shorten91% confidence

Shorten "Engineering Standup" to 15 min

This meeting averages 14 minutes of active discussion but is scheduled for 30. The last 16 minutes show no engagement signals.

$520/month

estimated savings

Merge82% confidence

Merge "Design Review" + "Design Critique"

These two weekly meetings have 80% attendee overlap and cover related topics. Merging would save 1 hour per week across 6 people.

$960/month

estimated savings

Six waste signals the AI detects

The recommendation engine monitors these patterns continuously across your entire organization.

No agenda, no value

Meetings without agendas that have been recurring for 90+ days with declining attendance.

Silent attendees

Participants who haven't spoken, contributed action items, or engaged in 4+ consecutive occurrences.

Padded duration

Meetings that consistently end early, indicating the scheduled duration exceeds actual need.

Duplicate meetings

Multiple meetings with high attendee overlap covering similar topics that could be consolidated.

Declining attendance

Recurring meetings where attendance has dropped 30%+ over the past quarter, signaling reduced relevance.

High cost, low output

Expensive meetings (senior attendees, large groups) that produce few or no action items.

Not just insights. Dollar amounts.

Other analytics tools tell you that you have too many meetings. Tolly tells you exactly which meetings to change, how to change them, and how much money you'll save when you do. Every recommendation is denominated in dollars because that's the language leadership speaks.

Find your meeting waste in 20 minutes

Book a demo and we'll show you AI-generated recommendations based on your company's meeting patterns.