5 min · October 19, 2026
The Meeting That Was Actually Three Meetings
Jason and Marcus dig into why most 'planning' sessions are really just dressed-up status updates — and what it looks like when a room actually decides something.
Jason: So last week the solar team gets everybody in a room, right? Big quarterly planning session, blocked off three hours, catered lunch, the whole thing. And ninety minutes in I realize we've just gone around the table and everybody's told me what they did last quarter. Nobody's decided anything about the next one.
Marcus: Wait, ninety minutes? What was happening for ninety minutes?…
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