Library/Leak 06

Scheduling back-and-forth

Multiple email or text round-trips to land on a meeting time.

AutomateAutomateAdministrative workA · 24–72 hours

How you know you have it

“How does something get on your calendar?”

What kind of leak it is

A touch leak — it costs interruptions of you

Does it need your judgment?

Usually not — this is mechanical.

A mechanical touch is an automation candidate: nothing is being decided, so a machine or a rule can hold it.

How to measure it

minutes per booking × bookings per week × 52

Annualized the same way everywhere: duration × frequency × people × 52.

Typical range — illustrative

10–40 hrs/yr, small individually but compounds across a team

An order of magnitude to prime your eye, not a statistic and not a claim about anyone's result. The only number that matters is the one you measure.

The move — Automate

A scheduling link plus an intake form.

Where it lands in a Time P&L

Administrative work

How long a fix takes

A · 24–72 hours

What to do about it

Tools that fix this

And across everything

On paper

This category and the other nineteen on one page, to tick off against a normal week: The 20 Time Leaks.