Standups
Say what the morningis for, beforeyou spend it
Three lines, out loud, one voice at a time. Naming the one thing turns a vague morning into a specific one, and hearing the others name theirs puts the room to work before anyone opens a laptop.
Three lines
Three fields, and we keep it at three.
Add a fourth and you have built a status report for somebody to read. This is a ritual you do for yourself in front of other people, and it stops being that the moment it becomes a record somebody checks.
- 01YesterdayWhat you got done since last time.
- 02TodayThe one thing this morning is for.
- 03BlockerWhat is in the way, if anything is.
Who sees it. You and the host of that room. Not the rest of the room, not another room, and no employer, including one paying for your seat.
Two ways to have one
Inside a focus room, or on its own.
Every focus room opens with a standup. Ten minutes, one person at a time, then the room goes quiet and you work until the break.
Booked on its own it is fifteen minutes, every weekday, and then you leave. Some people want the intention without giving up two hours, and this is that: you decide out loud what the day is for and go and do it wherever you were going to be anyway.
- 08:45Yesterday, Today, Blocker
- 09:00Two ways to have one