https://guardcal.com/categories/meeting-design/Recent content in Meeting Design on GuardCalHugoen-USFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/meetings-that-should-be-a-document/Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/meetings-that-should-be-a-document/An asynchronous meeting is a document with a deadline. Which meeting types convert to writing, which do not, and what each conversion costs somebody.https://guardcal.com/posts/agendas-that-change-attendance/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/agendas-that-change-attendance/A team meeting agenda is usually a container for a fixed room. Written with owners, times and an opt-out line, it becomes the thing that shrinks the room.https://guardcal.com/posts/cancel-a-meeting/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/cancel-a-meeting/How to cancel a meeting that has outlived its purpose: the two-week pause that beats a kill, the message to send, and what to do when it comes back.https://guardcal.com/posts/recurring-meeting-review/Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/recurring-meeting-review/A standing meeting survives because nobody schedules the moment to question it. The 45-minute quarterly review, and the sunset clause that does the real work.https://guardcal.com/posts/who-needs-to-be-in-the-room/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/who-needs-to-be-in-the-room/Attending non-mandatory meetings is important — until you check what optional really means. Attendance by role, and the message that gets you off the list.https://guardcal.com/posts/fix-the-meeting-or-kill-it/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200https://guardcal.com/posts/fix-the-meeting-or-kill-it/Effective meetings are not a style question. Four diagnostic questions that sort a bad meeting into fix or kill, plus the redesign move for each answer.