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The Quick Sync That Wasn't
It's just 15 minutes, they said. You'll be done by 10:30, they said.
Someone schedules a Quick Sync. 15 minutes. Casual. Just to align.
You join. There are 11 people on the call.
What Actually Happens
The first 4 minutes are spent waiting for the last person to join. The next 3 minutes are spent explaining to that person what was just discussed. By minute 8, someone shares a screen no one asked for. By minute 12, a new problem is discovered that is definitely bigger than the original topic. Someone says "let's take this offline." No one knows what offline means anymore.
At minute 19, the meeting is extended by 30 minutes.
“This meeting had unclear acceptance criteria and no definition of done. I'm moving it to the next sprint.”
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Before joining, you ask for an agenda and the expected decision. If there isn't one, you propose a written async update instead. If you must attend, you state your constraint at the start — "I have a hard stop at the 15-minute mark" — and you hold it. Meetings without a decision owner and a clear outcome are not meetings. They are uncertainty with a calendar invite.
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