Meetings
Decision, owner, deadline
Stop a decision from evaporating between the meeting and Monday.
Converting a discussion into accountability.
The shape
- Decision
- Owner
- Deadline
- Next action
A worked example
We have agreed on Option B. Rahul owns implementation. The first version is due Thursday. We review it Friday morning.
What usually goes wrong
Naming a team as the owner. A team is not a person and cannot be asked on Thursday.
Mostly serves Message, and reaches into Intent.
A framework tells you what shape the answer takes. It cannot tell you whether shape is what you are short of, and for most people it is not. Which one is yours, and whether a framework is the right instrument at all, is what a Discovery Call is for.
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