Beat the clock: Choosing the best meeting time

The best time for a meeting is 3:30 p.m. on Monday.

That’s the verdict of Mark Ellwood, who runs Toronto-based consultancy Pace Productivity Inc., after analyzing extensive data he has collected over the years about people’s expenditure of time at work, through electronic devices called Timecorders that capture what they are doing.

Mr. Ellwood started fro…