1. Replace polls with a canonical overlap window
Doodle and Slack polls re-ask the same question every week. Instead, publish one canonical overlap window per team (e.g. 'Mon–Thu 14:00–15:00 UTC') and only poll when something falls outside it.
Team coordination
How to coordinate team availability efficiently
Most availability negotiation is wasted because the team is re-deriving the same overlap window every week. Compute it once, save it, and coordination drops from hours to seconds.
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2. Visualize before you propose
Run the team scheduler with everyone's working hours, then propose only times that show green for every region. Proposing red times burns trust and forces a second round.
3. Treat working hours as data, not preference
Save each teammate's working hours into the team group so the visualizer renders them automatically. Personal preferences belong in the calendar; structural working hours belong in the workflow.
4. Make restoration the default
Pin the team group and recurring window to the workspace. Next week, coordination starts from a restored state — not from scratch.
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Frequently asked
What if someone's working hours change?⌄
Update the saved group once. Every downstream view — visualizer, scheduler, workspace — picks it up immediately.
How do we handle one-off cross-team meetings?⌄
Use the meeting planner with both teams' city groups and propose only times inside both green windows. If none exist, rotate the inconvenience.
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