The audience doesn't know the context in which the decision exists, which often leads to all sorts of interesting but not incredibly useful conversation and debate. (inc.com)
These were tremendously useful conversations, well worth the energy they consumed. (brainygamer.com)
Eating is about the best thing you can do while chatting someone up, and it's a lot easier to have casual but useful conversations away from the office. (lawyerist.com)