Team update — Thursday 8 October 2026

For today's team meeting. Visual recap of the last two weeks →

This page is the agenda, what's next and what needs the team; meeting notes go at the end. Task state lives in Beads; this page links to it rather than copying it. Epic: lip-erm.

Agenda (~60 min)

Time	Item	Lead
0–5	Check-in	all
5–20	What's happened: the visual recap, Each person adds what's missing.	Rufus, then each person
20–35	Priorities and plan of work: what matters most to 1 Nov and to December, using the roadmap view (detail in the roadmap).	Rufus
35–45	Decisions: home page mockup A or B; Global Connection Call: confirm 22 Oct; comms hire task (see the list at the end).	all
45–55	How we work: AI. Why the Wisdom paper took hours not weeks, and what that means for each of us. See the AI briefing.	Rufus
55–60	Actions, owners, close	all

What happened (28 Sep – 8 Oct)

See the visual recap: it is the one place for this fortnight's update. Sources behind it:

Wisdom paper: changelog entry and how we publish a paper now.
Design and website: design recap, 8 Oct.
Everything else: each repo's changelog/ and git log since 28 Sep.

What's next

Detail and progress: the roadmap.

1. Priority: Seeds of Renaissance launch, 1 November

Everything else lines up behind this. Rebrand, brand rollout and the full website all land before launch.

Rebrand ──────► Brand rollout ──────► Launch, 1 Nov
   │                 │                     ▲
   │                 ▼                     │
   └──────────► Full website ──────────────┘

This week (by Friday 9 Oct), from the week plan: brand design V1; social profiles and templates from the design repo (Uriel); website mock-up and site map signed off (Sylvie, Rufus); CRM training (Rufus, moved, probably tomorrow).

2. Also before 1 November

Elizabeth Debold podcast series: first episode out next week; possibly a small site for the series (to decide). lip-un1
First Global Connection Call (Petronella): 22 Oct for now (moved from 15 Oct).
Collective Action course: starts 29 Oct. lip-cff

3. Ongoing

Content releases: regular publishing across podcast, papers and posts (cadence to set in the roadmap).

Later

18 Nov: Wisdom paper public launch and webinar (Rufus, Asdra).

Needs the team

Home page: mockup A or B. Decide today. (Sylvie, Rufus)
Global Connection Call date. Currently 22 Oct (moved from 15 Oct). Confirm. (Petronella, Rufus)
Comms hire. Two people shortlisted: agree the paid test task, who sets it and by when.
Wisdom launch, 18 Nov. Owners are Rufus and Asdra; webinar organisation in comms#262.
Launch, 1 Nov. Confirmed realistic. Website migration is being worked through separately.
Anything missing from this update: podcast episodes, ops, inbox reviews. Add in the meeting.

Notes and decisions

To fill in during or after the meeting.