★★★★★ 12,480 recurring meetings set up · 0 of them ended
Need to decide? We'll find a slot.
Jour Fox turns any open question into a weekly recurring meeting – fixed slot, fixed invite list, no end date. The question stays open. But it is scheduled.
*Decision not included. Recurrence guaranteed.
Why a standing meeting?
In the calendar by Thursday
Before anyone asks what this is actually about, the slot is booked. Room, recurrence rule and a title that commits to nothing, all included.
A self-sustaining agenda
Item 1: review of the last meeting. Item 2: open points. Item 3: date of the next meeting. From week two onwards the agenda writes itself.
Nobody cancels it
A recurring meeting you cancel was evidently never needed. Nobody wants to be the one who proves that. Your standing meeting is therefore sturdier than any org chart.
Our cadences
The Weekly
For the topic you would like to keep an eye on
€890/month
- ✓ 30 minutes, weekly
- ✓ Up to 5 attendees
- ✓ Running list of open points
- ✗ No decisions
The Standing Meeting
For the topic that now concerns everyone
€3,400/month
- ✓ 60 minutes, weekly
- ✓ Invite list grows on its own
- ✓ Minutes nobody reads
- ✓ Bonus: one “let's take that offline”
The Permanent
For the topic whose origin nobody remembers
On request
- ✓ Series with no end date
- ✓ Room booked through 2031
- ✓ Attendance anchored in the org chart
- ✓ Survives two reorganisations
What our attendees say
We set the meeting up in January to settle one question. The question was settled in March. The meeting remains. Cancelling it now would send a signal nobody wants to send.
– Team lead, insurance group
There are 34 people in our standing meeting. Four know why. Two of those have left the company.
– Project manager, name withheld
Since the standing meeting exists, nothing is decided in between. Everything waits until Tuesday, 10 a.m. It has made our communication noticeably calmer.
– Division head, public administration
My calendar is 80 % recurring meetings. I am only exposed in the remaining 20 %.
– Name known to the editors
Frequently asked questions
Are decisions made in the meeting?
The meeting establishes that a decision is required. The decision itself, in our experience, needs a meeting of its own.
How long does a standing meeting run?
Until the topic is resolved or until the room is needed elsewhere. In practice the second case comes first – at which point we move to video.
What if there are no topics?
Then we discuss the general approach. The general approach is inexhaustible.
Can we shorten it?
You can cut it to 30 minutes. The demand then distributes itself across two meetings. Net, we recommend 60.
Who chairs the meeting?
We have set up a separate standing meeting for that question. It has been convening since 2024, Fridays at 2 p.m.
What happens if everyone declines?
The meeting takes place. A recurring meeting does not depend on attendance – that is the essential difference from a conversation.
Ready to discuss it regularly?
Join thousands of organisations that have successfully relocated their open decisions into a fixed slot.