The Meeting That Should Have Been a Decision

Most recurring product forums exist because no one was willing to own the call alone. The calendar block is a substitute for delegated authority, not a sign of collaboration depth. A great conversation that ends without a decision is still a failed session—you burned attention and deferred the outcome. Fix the decision rights, and many meetings disappear or shrink to sync. If you walk out with no owner, no next step, and no commitment, you did not align; you postponed. Meetings should ratify or unblock decisions, not replace them.