Wednesday — Course Check

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Setup

Duration: 15 minutes (hard stop) Facilitator: Same person as Monday When: Mid-week

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Purpose

Surface blockers early enough to course-correct before the week is lost. This is not a status update. It is a steering check.

Use this at the midpoint of your working week. Wednesday is the default, not a requirement.

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Before the Meeting (Facilitator, 2 min prep)

• Glance at the board — anything obviously stuck?
• Note Monday’s intended Landings

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Script

Time	Activity	Detail
0–10 min	For each intended Landing: Green / Amber / Red	On track? At risk? Blocked? Only discuss Amber and Red.
10–15 min	Unblock or adjust	For anything at risk: what would unblock it? Can we reduce scope and still Land something meaningful this week? Do we need to escalate?

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Outputs

• Blockers identified and escalated (or solved on the spot)
• Scope adjusted where needed — better to land 80% than miss 100%
• No surprises on Friday

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Anti-Patterns

• Don’t go around the room for individual status updates. Do focus only on intended Landings and whether they are at risk.
• Don’t re-plan the week. Do course-correct instead of restarting.
• Don’t let the meeting run longer than 15 minutes. Do move deeper conversations to the people who need them after the meeting.
• Don’t ignore amber items and hope they resolve. Do act on Wednesday while there is still time to recover.
• Don’t skip it because everything looks fine. Do hold the habit; the week you skip is often the week something slips.

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Format Options

This can be:

• A quick standup-style huddle (in person or video)
• An async Slack thread if the team is distributed (“🟢🟡🔴 for each intended Landing + one line if amber/red”)
• A 15-min video call

Pick whatever gets honest signal fastest. The format matters less than the habit.