Episode 3 - Defaults Are Destiny
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Episode 3 - Defaults Are Destiny
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In this episode of Beyond the Feature, Patrick Jones unpacks a simple truth that quietly steers everyday behavior: defaults are destiny. Under pressure, people follow the path of least resistance: sixty-minute meetings stay sixty minutes, attachments keep spawning duplicates, and “anyone with the link can edit” invites chaos. I explain how flipping a few defaults changes outcomes without pep talks: shorter-by-default meetings with a tiny agenda seed, “links not attachments” as the cultural norm, and a visible place where decisions live. Rather than touring every feature, I show how features become support beams (templates, link settings, labels) after you set the expectation first. You’ll leave with a mental shift (“change the path, not the person”) and a small challenge to flip one default this week and watch the noise drop. Skills are still the verbs; defaults make the sentence effortless.
Set the Default meeting time
https://youtu.be/4DND0CbjzFs
Add agenda to your meeting invites
https://youtu.be/_pZPGzQ4H2Y
Change the link sharing default for security
https://youtu.be/ssP_b-NYmdw