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3 pieces so far, each about a specific failure in how promises are made and tracked. They are written to be useful whether or not you ever use the product.

    How to

    How to run a weekly commitment review

    Twenty five minutes, five passes, one decision per open promise in both directions. A review narrow enough that it survives past the second week.

    4 minute read

    Working practice

    The cost of a dropped follow-up

    A two minute reply that arrives on Thursday instead of Monday is not a two minute problem. Here is where the time actually goes, and what the reputation cost looks like.

    4 minute read

    Product thinking

    Why summaries do not change behaviour

    Every chat tool now has a summary button. A summary describes the past and points at nobody, which is why the work it describes still does not get done.

    4 minute read

See it on your own chats.

One tracked list of commitments across Discord, Telegram and Slack, with the chase list included.