However, the meeting's objectives go beyond just going through action items and progress reports. According to Norman Eisen, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former top ethics and government affairs lawyer in the Obama White House, it may serve as a venue for discussing aims and goals as well as best practises. According to Eisen, senior officials frequently use meetings as a forum for speeches, observations, and the explanation of their desired course of action before either endorsing them or criticising them if they are not carried out. According to Mark Malloch-Brown, a former minister and UK ambassador to the UN, meetings are chances to comprehend and make decisions.conversing with their neighbours and coworkers.