The decision that was already made
Some meetings exist to decide. Others exist to make a decision feel shared after the fact. Small teams need to know which one they are in.
No. 2
I write Azimuth from Rotterdam. Before this I ran operations at two small companies and spent a lot of that time watching good teams make avoidable mistakes under time pressure - my own included. This newsletter is the notebook I wish I'd had.
Some meetings exist to decide. Others exist to make a decision feel shared after the fact. Small teams need to know which one they are in.
Seven days, one shared document, and the uncomfortable discovery of how little we had actually agreed on.