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Drawing on Kai Wong's 'Activation Workshops' concept — smaller rooms, capped... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-decision-doesn-t-need-a-meeting-anymore-does-anyone-believe-that-yet--vkwgtu9ns og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VkWgtU9Ns.png og:image:alt: A decision doesn’t need a meeting anymore, does anyone believe that yet? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A decision doesn’t need a meeting anymore, does anyone believe that yet? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A reflection on whether design decisions still require meetings and workshops. Drawing on Kai Wong's 'Activation Workshops' concept — smaller rooms, capped time, named decisions — the author questions the deeper assumption that a decision needs a meeting at all. With AI-assisted prototyping, teams can build first and react to an artifact, potentially skipping the workshop entirely. The author doesn't declare a winner between the two approaches, acknowledging most teams likely live in both worlds depending on the decision. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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