Meetings, mostly no

The default move in most companies — let’s get on a call — is a tax paid by the people who’d otherwise be doing the work. It’s the lowest-effort thing for the requester and the most expensive thing for everyone else.

We start the other way around. If something can be written, write it. If a written exchange would take a week, then a thirty-minute call is a saving, not a cost. The question is never “should we meet” but “what’s the cheapest shape for resolving this”.

Our actual defaults

Placeholder — list concretely: written briefs, recorded walkthroughs, daily notes, no recurring meetings, what we’ll always say yes to, what we’ll politely decline.