The two hour rule for meetings

At Fieldnote, nobody spends more than two hours a week in meetings. It sounds strict. In practice it feels like getting your week back.

How it works

1. Every meeting needs a written question in the invite.
2. If the question can be answered in writing, it is.
3. Thursday afternoon is for the meetings that are left.

What we do instead

Long, clear messages. A weekly note from each person about what they shipped and what is stuck. It takes ten minutes to write and saves hours of status calls.