The Calendar Exorcism

Our VP asked why morale felt mushy. I pulled a report and found 71 recurring meetings on our team alone… We ran a “Meeting Exorcism” week: delete anything without an owner, a goal, or notes. Kept 12, killed 59, and replaced the rest with a 5-minute async update. Focus time jumped by 6 hours per person; VP switched to crisp Looms. Moral: if your calendar looks like Tetris on hard mode, it’s not a schedule—it’s a cry for help.