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Protocol Series 2 · #07
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Consensus
Without Meetings

How to decide together without dying in a room
most meetings are a decision that could have been a document. here's how to move without them.
The Protocol · 5 steps
1
Write the proposal down
a clear written proposal beats an hour of talking. people react better to text they can sit with.
2
Default to consent, not consensus
don't ask “does everyone love it?” ask “can anyone not live with it?” that ships decisions.
3
Set a decide-by date
silence past the deadline is a yes. open-ended equals never.
4
Name a driver
one person owns the call. groups advise; individuals decide. accountability lives in a name.
5
Make it reversible
most decisions are doors you can walk back through. bias toward action, fix later.
Run it: take one stuck group decision. write it as a one-paragraph proposal with a decide-by date. post it.
“a decision that could be a doc should never be a meeting.”
TL;DR   write it → consent not consensus → deadline → a driver → reversible
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Protocol Library
Protocol Series 2 · #07

Consensus
Without Meetings

How to decide together without dying in a room
most meetings are a decision that could have been a document. here's how to move without them.
The Protocol · 5 steps
1
Write the proposal down
a clear written proposal beats an hour of talking. people react better to text they can sit with.
2
Default to consent, not consensus
don't ask “does everyone love it?” ask “can anyone not live with it?” that ships decisions.
3
Set a decide-by date
silence past the deadline is a yes. open-ended equals never.
4
Name a driver
one person owns the call. groups advise; individuals decide. accountability lives in a name.
5
Make it reversible
most decisions are doors you can walk back through. bias toward action, fix later.
Run it: take one stuck group decision. write it as a one-paragraph proposal with a decide-by date. post it.
“a decision that could be a doc should never be a meeting.”
TL;DR   write it → consent not consensus → deadline → a driver → reversible
These protocols generate scenius – the genius of a scene.
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