{"id":228,"date":"2019-09-17T13:39:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherpa.digital\/?p=228"},"modified":"2019-09-17T13:39:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T10:39:58","slug":"why-dont-we-organize-any-meetings-on-monday-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherpa.digital\/en\/thoughts\/why-dont-we-organize-any-meetings-on-monday-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Why don\u2019t we organize any meetings on Monday & Friday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The cover image is actually a screenshot from our playbook<\/a> in which we try to explain what it is like working with us, SHERPA. But before coming to \u201cno meeting days\u201d, we\u2019d first like to focus on the base idea here: the culture that cultivates such rigid standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In SHERPA, we believe in productivity as if we believe in anything else – that\u2019s why we build systems of effective working and challenge our frameworks every other day to make them even more optimized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We build and document standards for each step of any process even if we think that we already know how to run it very well. That\u2019s because of three reasons mainly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. When we start to write down a standards doc (simply explaining what we propose to do, why & when we do it, and what the side effects are, etc), we may notice some open issues that need to be addressed to set the standard right.<\/strong><\/li>
  2. Some other SHERPA (a newcomer for instance) might not know the process as we do and a structured document could turn out be a guide to her when she needs it.<\/strong><\/li>
  3. The palest ink is stronger than the sharpest memory.<\/strong> When we write things down, it instantly becomes official and we feel a strong will to apply that standard in the right place & time.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now, you know why we set these kinds of standards and mention them everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So, you may still have this question on your mind: Why Monday & Friday are our no meeting days?<\/strong> In a world of meetings that run businesses, does this sound a little bit bold to you? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Think again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n