A
“That could have been a page.”
Status updates and read-throughs take an hour of everyone’s time when each person could read them in a few minutes.
Where did the week go? · Cold open
Archer · Meeting software
Stop paying for meetings that could have been a page.
Archer checks whether each meeting needs to happen, gives the ones that stay a clear outcome and agenda, and logs every decision so nobody re-argues it next week.
Windows & macOS · Transcribed on the device · No audio stored
This morning's check Tue 20
Weekly status syncNo decisions on the agenda.
Go async
Agree Q3 delivery datesA decision needs the people in the room.
Go ahead · 30 min
Kickoff follow-upNothing new since last week.
Cancel
01 · The problem
A meeting costs more than the hour in the calendar.
B
“What was that meeting for?”
No stated outcome, no agenda, a default hour, and more people than the work needs.
C
“Didn’t we decide this already?”
Decisions sit in nobody’s notes, so they come back next week and get argued again.
02 · What it costs
What is your organisation paying?
That’s the coordination tax: the salary spent arranging work instead of doing it. Put in rough figures.
Where does it come from? Open the interactive briefing
Coordination tax
Annual statement · illustrative
- People
- 250
- Meetings, hours a day
- 2.5
- Average salary
- A$110k
- Share of the working day
- 33%
Paid in meetings, per year
A$9.05m
Salary only, no on-costs, over a 7.6-hour day. Not every meeting hour is wasted.
See how Archer cuts it03 · How Archer fixes it
Fewer meetings. Shorter ones. Fewer people in each.
Archer questions every meeting before it’s booked, and every standing meeting each morning. The ones that stay get shorter, and anyone who only needs the outcome can skip the room.
01 · Before
Cancel it, send it async, or cut it to 30 minutes.
No meeting is booked without a named outcome. Updates and read-throughs go out async, pre-work moves out of the room, and the agenda sets the length, not a default hour. Each morning Archer checks today’s standing meetings and suggests going async or cancelling when nothing needs deciding.
02 · During
Finish on time, without booking another.
Archer flags when discussion drifts off the agenda, so side topics get parked instead of taking the hour. The wrap-up captures actions and owners before people leave, so no follow-up meeting is needed to sort them out. Speech is transcribed on your computer; no audio is stored.
03 · After
Skip the room and still keep up.
Every invitee gets personalised notes, attended or not, so people who only need the outcome can stay at their desks. Decisions are logged with the reasoning, an accountable owner and a review date, so next week’s meeting doesn’t reopen them.
04 · See it in use
Follow one meeting through Archer.
Illustrative only. These are simplified mock-ups with made-up people and meetings, built to explain the idea. The real Archer screens look different.
05 · What you get back
Your week, before and after.
06 · Limited design partner places
Pilot Archer with one team. See the hours come back.
8 weeks
One team or department, ending with an executive readout.
50% off
Every seat during the pilot: $25 a user a month, not $50.
30% off
Every seat for the rest of year one, new ones included.
What happens next
- You leave your details.
- We review every request, and Andy emails you personally within 5 business days.
- You choose a team, and the standing meeting you’d most like to win back.
Up to 50 users in the pilot. Nothing renews automatically. Prices in AUD ex GST.
Read the Design Partner Pack (PDF)Express interest
Leave your details and we’ll be in touch about a pilot place.
Thanks, we’ve got your request.
We’re keeping the first group of design partners small, so we review every request before offering a place. Andy will email you personally within 5 business days.
While you wait, think about which team you’d pilot with, and the standing meeting you’d most like to win back.
Rather talk now? hello@alto-foundry.com.au