# ways-of-working.md

The rhythm you are scheduling into and reporting into.

## The week

- Monday 10:00 — People Systems standup, 30 min. I present anything that shipped.
- Wednesday — no recurring meetings. This is the day I protect first.
- Thursday 15:00 — accelerator guild, 60 min. Demos only, no status.
- Friday 16:00 — planning. This is when the week ahead gets decided.

## How work arrives

Jira `TAL` board. Anything not on the board does not exist. If someone asks me for something
in Slack, the correct response is to create the ticket, not to start the work.

## Focus time rules

- I need at least 8 hours of focus blocks per week, in chunks of 90 minutes or more.
- Never split a block across a lunch hour.
- Never book Monday before 10:30 or Friday after 16:00.
- Protect Wednesday completely before touching any other day.

## Who decides what

- Scope of a skill: me.
- Whether a skill is published to the whole company: the guild, on Thursday.
- Anything touching employee data: People Ops, in writing, before I start.

## Reporting

Monthly, one page: what shipped, installs, what it replaced, what it saved in hours.
Never a slide deck unless someone asks for one.