ED3 in Practice
Templates, formats, and protocols you can adopt today — no permission required. Each one operationalizes one or more ED3 principles into something you can copy, paste, and use.
Meeting formats
ED3-ified versions of meetings you already have. The structure enforces the principles so you don't have to remember them.
Decision Brief
The single document that replaces vague meeting invites. Names the decision, the owner, the options, and the deadline — before anyone opens a calendar.
P1 · P2 · P4 · P61-1 Template
Status updates are written before the meeting. Live time is reserved for blockers, decisions, and the conversations that actually need a room.
P1 · P3 · P6Team Weekly Template
Async status + live decisions only. The meeting that eliminates half the agenda before anyone walks in.
P1 · P4 · P6Meeting Invitation Format
Intervenes at the exact moment meetings go wrong — creation. The format won't let you send a vague invite.
P1 · P2 · P4Accountability & improvement
Tools that make decisions stick and agendas sharper. The Decision Log is the long-term record; the Agenda Rewriter is the pre-meeting intervention.
Decision Log
The running record. Date, decision, owner, context, review date. The paper trail that makes accountability visible.
P2 · P5Agenda Rewriter
Take any vague agenda and rewrite it so every line forces a decision. Manual checklist plus an AI prompt that does it for you.
P4Async & escalation
The Level 4 toolkit. Make decisions without meetings by default — and know exactly when to convene a room.
Async Review Protocol
Step-by-step protocol for making decisions without a meeting. Write the proposal, circulate it, collect structured input, decide, record.
P5 · P6 · Level 4Escalation Ladder
When async breaks down and a meeting is the right call. Four rungs from solo decision to full meeting — with clear triggers at every step.
Level 3 → 4