Calendars fill up. Threads multiply. Decisions stall.
Teams look active but progress slows.
Meetings replace courage. Alignment replaces ownership.
Speed dies quietly in polite conversations.
THE HACK
Principle: Speed comes from clarity, not consensus.
Boundary: One decision = one DRI + one deadline. No decision, no meeting.
Metric: Time-to-decision goes down. Meetings killed go up.
CONCLUSION
If no one owns the decision, the system chooses delay.
REMEMBER THE HACK
Is this a decision or a discussion?
Who owns the call?
By when is it decided?
No decision in the invite → cancel the meeting.
Busy is not progress. Decisions are.
January 5, 2026
by
Monica Garza