There's definitely truth in this. But also...
https://www.authenticcomms.co.uk/blog/the-1944-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-meetings
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Make “speeches” – Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your ‘points’ by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences.
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Slow it down – advocate caution, avoid haste
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Where possible refer all matters to committees (never fewer than five) for “consideration”
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Bring up irrelevant issues as frequently as possible.
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Haggle over precise wordings of communications, minutes, resolutions.
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Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision.