Ditching the calendar: using an AI mediator to turn ad-hoc calls into action items
curious_vii · x · 2026-10-29
Endorsing Naval's no-calendar approach, curiousvii describes just calling people or hopping into ad-hoc Slack huddles instead of scheduling, finding it far more effective. The key enabler is an AI mediator: it gets you up to speed quickly and translates conversation context into decisions and action items, so fruitful discussions can happen in the present rather than being deferred to a calendar slot.
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