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Why status meetings are a planning smell
If you need a meeting to know what is happening, the plan is hiding somewhere it should not be.
The problem with knowing by asking
Most teams learn what is happening by asking each other. It works for five people and quietly breaks at fifteen, when the answers start to disagree.
A shared timeline turns those answers into something everyone can see. The plan stops living in heads and starts living in one calm, obvious place.
What to try this week
Pick one recurring status meeting and replace it with a written update on the timeline. Keep the slot on the calendar for two weeks, then see if anyone still needs it.
Small rituals compound. Twenty focused minutes on Monday buys back hours by Friday.