Library/Leak 02

Agenda-less recurring meetings the owner attends

A standing meeting with no agenda, where the owner's attendance is assumed rather than justified.

SubtractEliminateMeetingsA–B · days to weeks

How you know you have it

“Which standing meetings are on your calendar? Which could be a Loom or an email? Which run fine without you?”

What kind of leak it is

Both a time leak and a touch leak

Does it need your judgment?

Usually not — this is mechanical.

A mechanical touch is an automation candidate: nothing is being decided, so a machine or a rule can hold it.

How to measure it

meeting length × attendees × frequency × 52

Annualized the same way everywhere: duration × frequency × people × 52.

Typical range — illustrative

25–150 hrs/yr per recurring meeting, depending on length and attendee count

An order of magnitude to prime your eye, not a statistic and not a claim about anyone's result. The only number that matters is the one you measure.

The move — Eliminate

Eliminate or simplify: cancel, shorten, or convert to async.

Where it lands in a Time P&L

Meetings

How long a fix takes

A–B · days to weeks

What to do about it

Tools that fix this

And across everything