Writing about writing the week down
Notes on planning, handovers and the meetings you stop having.
Process
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6 min read
The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks, and why the room gets quieter after the first month.
Practice
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4 min read
Write the reason next to the change
A decision without its reason comes back three weeks later.
Teams
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5 min read
Handovers that survive a holiday
Three lines at the end of the day beat a twenty minute call.
Process
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7 min read
Why we stopped having status meetings
Nobody recites a page everyone has already read.
Everything we have written
Process
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6 min read
The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks.
Practice
·
4 min read
Write the reason next to the change
A decision without its reason comes back three weeks later.
Teams
·
5 min read
Handovers that survive a holiday
Three lines at the end of the day beat a twenty minute call.
Process
·
7 min read
Why we stopped having status meetings
Nobody recites a page everyone has already read.
Practice
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5 min read
Planning for a team in four timezones
Writing is the only thing that ever made it work.
Teams
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3 min read
What a new person reads on day one
One page instead of interrupting four people.
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The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks.
Write the reason next to the change
A decision without its reason comes back three weeks later.
Handovers that survive a holiday
Three lines at the end of the day beat a twenty minute call.
Why we stopped having status meetings
Nobody recites a page everyone has already read.
Planning for a team in four timezones
Writing is the only thing that ever made it work.
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5 min read
The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks.
Process
·
5 min read
Write the reason next to the change
A decision without its reason comes back three weeks later.
Process
·
5 min read
Handovers that survive a holiday
Three lines at the end of the day beat a twenty minute call.
Process
·
5 min read
Why we stopped having status meetings
Nobody recites a page everyone has already read.
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Process
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6 min read
The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks.
Practice
·
4 min read
Write the reason next to the change
A decision without its reason comes back three weeks later.
Teams
·
5 min read
Handovers that survive a holiday
Three lines at the end of the day beat a twenty minute call.
Process
·
6 min read
The week is a document, not a meeting
What changes when the plan is written before anybody speaks, and why the room gets quieter after the first month.
Rana Delacroix
3 March 2026
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Process
·
7 min read
Why we stopped having status meetings
Nobody recites a page everyone has already read.
Practice
·
5 min read
Planning for a team in four timezones
Writing is the only thing that ever made it work.
Teams
·
3 min read
What a new person reads on day one
One page instead of interrupting four people.