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The Meeting Is Just the Merge

Structure carries the context, so the meeting is only where prepared work merges.

Structure carries the context, so the meeting is only where prepared work merges.

In a structure-driven team, each person's AI assistant has already analysed the underlying data, rules and facts and prepared what to discuss and decide. The synchronous meeting stops being for status or catch-up and becomes the merge of pre-vetted contributions, reserved for judgement and decision. A borrowed word from version control turned into an operating-model metaphor.

Where it lives: Draft 2026-06-23 (The Meeting Is Just the Merge).