Evaluate recurring meetings as calendar debt and apply a keep, change, or sunset rule.
Recurring meetings are not neutral. They are automatic withdrawals from future attention. Keep Keep a recurrence when the live outcome repeats and the room is the right tool. Examples: a high-quality one-on-one, a weekly decision forum with real trade-offs, or a customer escalation review where commitments are made. Change Change a recurrence when the need is real but the format is wasteful. Shorten it, reduce attendees, require pre-work, move status async, or make it exception-based. Meeting hygiene is the repair kit: outcome, prep, roles, and completion condition. Sunset Sunset a recurrence when it survives mainly because nobody wants to question…
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