Parking lot — A parking lot is a list of topics set aside to keep a meeting focused.
In plain English
The parking lot is where off-topic ideas go during a meeting.
The idea is to acknowledge them — without letting them derail everything.
What they actually mean
The parking lot is where good ideas go to die.
Sometimes they’re genuinely out of scope.
Sometimes they’re inconvenient.
Most of the time, no one ever comes back to them.
A full parking lot usually means the agenda was wrong.
Example
“That’s a good point — let’s put it in the parking lot and come back if there’s time.”
Does it actually matter?
✅ Yes — socially.
The parking lot keeps meetings civil.
⚠️ Whether it leads to action depends entirely on follow-up —
which it rarely gets.
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