✦Remote work · 11 records · for a shared workspaceRun meetings worth attending

Nobody owns the calendar, so it only grows. This audits what is actually on it, forces a stated purpose and a decision-maker for each recurring meeting, and deletes the rest — which is the only part that gives anybody time back.

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Goal

A calendar with room to work in it Month 2

Every recurring meeting has a purpose, or it is gone.

Audit the calendar Week 3

Nobody owns it, so it only grows.

  • List every recurring meeting and its real cost in hoursDo firstDay 5
  • Ask what each one decidesDo firstDay 12
  • Cancel the ones with no answerWeek 3

Fix the ones that stay Month 2

Purpose, the smallest useful group, something written first.

  • Put a one-line purpose in every inviteDo firstWeek 4
  • Trim the invite listsWeek 6
  • Try cancelling a doubtful one for a monthWeek 7

Routines

  • Decline one meeting I do not needweekly
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Delete, do not shorten

Cutting durations feels productive and changes very little. Deleting a weekly meeting gives back a real block of time every week, permanently.\n\nA meeting whose agenda is discovered in the first five minutes has already spent its most expensive resource on setup.

✦ Questions

Run meetings worth attending, answered.

Audit what recurs, ask what each one decides, and cancel the ones with no answer. Cutting durations feels productive and changes very little; deleting a weekly meeting gives back a genuine block of time every week.
A purpose, the smallest useful set of people, and something written before it. A meeting whose agenda is discovered in the first five minutes has already spent its most expensive resource on setup.
Cancel one for a month and see who notices. It is the cheapest possible experiment, it is reversible, and the answer is very often nobody — which is information no amount of discussion would have produced.
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