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Nova — Meetings That Actually Work | Cut Meeting Time by 40%+

For teams stuck in back-to-back meetings that produce nothing

Meetings That
Actually Work.

Meetings ate your week. You still have nothing to show for it.

Nova gives your meetings structure that produces real decisions — and moves 20–60% of them async (on your team's own time, no call needed) so everyone has space to think and build.

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Your Wednesday — Before & After Nova
Before Nova
9:00 — Team standup
30 min · Status updates
10:00 — Strategy review
60 min · "Let's align"
11:30 — Vendor decision
45 min · Ended with "need more info"
13:30 — Policy update
30 min · "I didn't know about that"
14:30 — Follow-up from Monday
60 min · "Where were we?"
16:00 — Sprint planning
45 min · "We'll figure it out next week"
5 hours in meetings · 0 decisions
After Nova
📨 Async — Team update
Informative Session · Everyone reads on their time
🧠 9:00–11:30 — Deep work
Uninterrupted focus time
📨 Async — Vendor input
Discussion Session · Everyone submits experience
⚡ 13:30 — Decision call
40 min · Decision Session · Owner + deadline set
🧠 14:30–17:00 — Deep work
Build, create, think
40 min in meetings · 3 decisions · 4h deep work
Before Nova
6 back-to-back meetings
5 hours · 0 decisions · 0 deep work
After Nova
2 async sessions
Team participates on their own time
1 decision call · 40 min
Owner assigned · Deadline set
4 hours of deep work
Build, create, think
3 decisions · 80% less time in meetings
📅
0%
fewer meetings
on average
🧠
0h+
deep work gained
per person per week
more productive
async vs. live
0%
of teams hit 40%+
meeting reduction
87% reduced meetings by 40%+ 200+ teams across 15 countries

Teams that got their time back

Decathlon Pfizer ATB Bank URV University

"We run a third fewer meetings. The ones we kept now actually end with a decision."

Operations Lead, fintech company

Here's what nobody wants to say out loud

Your team is stuck in a meeting culture
that was never designed to produce anything.

You know the pattern. Someone calls a meeting. People show up — some prepared, most not. An hour goes by. A few people talk. Everyone else half-listens. Someone says "let's follow up." Nothing was decided. Nobody owns anything.

You've tried agendas. You've tried shorter meetings. You've tried meeting-free Fridays. The pattern didn't change — because the structure didn't change.

🔁
Meetings that end with "let's schedule another meeting to discuss"
🙋‍♂️
Only the loudest voices are heard — everyone else disengages or agrees to avoid conflict
📋
No one prepared. No one took notes. No one owns the outcome. Now it's in a Slack thread that nobody reads.
5 hours of meetings. Zero decisions. The real work waits until evenings and weekends.
🔥
Your best people are burning out — not from the work, but from the meetings about the work. And some of them are already looking elsewhere.

The average professional spends 31 hours per month in unproductive meetings.

That's not a scheduling problem. That's a structural one.

Source: Atlassian, "You Waste a Lot of Time at Work"

How it works

Three steps. Two minutes to set up.

No migration. No training. Your first session runs this week.

1

Pick your session type

Inform, Discuss, or Decide. Choose live or async. Set the agenda — Nova guides you through it.

2

Your team participates

Everyone follows the same structured steps. Every voice is captured — equally, without bias. No one can hide.

3

Walk out with the output

Decisions documented. Owners named. Deadlines set. Acknowledgements tracked. Automatically — no manual notes.

Nova — Informative Session
1
Review the update on new processes.
👥 All participants

👉 What are your thoughts about this update?

✅ I have watched and understood
👍 I have questions
✓ Complete for me
✕ Mark closed for all
2
Any comments or questions?
Start typing...
Sarah
Marcus
1
What do you think about this proposal?
👥 All participants
🍵NEW
New Product Launch
A new approach for Q3 — review and share your opinion.
😍3
😊5
😐1
😕0
😞0
2
What can we improve?
👥 All participants
J
James
Smaller packaging for impulse buyers. Could save 15% on costs.
👍 4
A
Anna
Switch supplier for similar quality at lower cost?
🤔 3
S
Sandra
Add subscription: 10% discount for monthly delivery.
🔥 5
Anna
David
1
✍️ Review the proposal in detail.
⚡ Leaders only
Objective: Increase brand penetration in key metro areas through micro-targeted community events.

Timeline: 8-week rollout starting June 1st
Metric: 25% increase in regional sales
💰 Total Proposed Budget: $130,000
😊 Approve
❗ Request changes
✕ Decline
Approver status — 3 of 4 responded
Sarah — Approved
Marcus — Approved
James — Request changes
Anna — Pending
📅 Due: Friday, June 6
Emma
Steve

Three session types. Every meeting covered.

A simple method to make every
meeting produce something real.

Each session type gives your team structure, accountability, and a clear output — live or async.

Inform

The Inform

Informative Session

Share an update, a change, or a new direction — and know it actually landed. Everyone reads it, acknowledges it, and is on record. No more "I didn't know about that."

Structured update your team actually absorbs
Tracked acknowledgement from every participant
Questions surfaced — and answered — in one place
LiveAsync
▶ Video
See how Informative Sessions work
Try an Informative Session ↗
Discuss

The Discussion

Discussion Session

Capture what your team actually thinks before you make a big call. Get every perspective — not just the loudest voice in the room. Reduce the risk. Make the next step smarter.

Every voice heard — equally, without bias
Experiences and risks surfaced before you commit
Structured summary ready for the next step
LiveAsync
▶ Video
See how Discussion Sessions work
Run a Discussion Session ↗
Decide

The Decider

Decision Session

Go over the final details. Make the call. Get the approval. Walk out with a documented decision, one owner, and a deadline everyone agreed to. No ambiguity. No follow-up meeting.

Final decision documented and confirmed
One named owner, one real deadline
Approvals captured in the session, not in email
LiveAsync
▶ Video
See how Decision Sessions work
Make a Decision ↗

Move meetings async

20% of your meetings don't need everyone on a call.

You don't need a 60-minute slot across four time zones to share an update or hear what your team thinks. Nova's async format runs the same structured session — same steps, same outputs, same accountability — but each person participates on their own time. No call required.

more output per hour in async vs. live meetings, reported across 200+ teams
🧠
Better thinking — people write, not perform
⏱️
Uninterrupted deep work time back in the calendar
🌍
Works across time zones — no scheduling headaches
Try your first async session →
This is what focus feels like
🧠 Deep focus mode
✅ Async complete
No meetings until 2pm

Your next week

Picture next week looking like this.

Three meetings. All three produced something. One of them didn't need to happen live at all. That's not optimism — that's what structure does.

Monday

Informative Session

Async

Leadership update

Goes out Monday morning. By Tuesday, everyone has read it, acknowledged it, and the questions have been answered in the thread.

✓ No meeting needed

Wednesday

Discussion Session

Async · 48 hours

Vendor input

Every person adds their experience. The risks you didn't know about surface. Friday's decision is sharper because of it.

✓ All perspectives captured

Friday

Decision Session

Live · 40 minutes

Final call

Cover the last details. Someone's name goes on it. A date goes next to the name. Done.

✓ Decision made. Owner assigned.

From teams like yours

What teams say when the meetings
finally start working.

★★★★★

"Our meetings are more productive than ever. They start with clear objectives, everyone is heard, people actually participate — and we have far fewer follow-up meetings. It's a completely different culture now."

People Lead

200-person financial services firm

★★★★★

"I used to dread our strategy reviews. Now we run a Discussion Session first — async — then a Decision Session live. We've cut the time to a real decision by more than half."

COO

SaaS scale-up, 70 people

★★★★★

"Game-changer. My team's favourite meeting format — and they hate every other meeting."

Head of Product

Tech company, 45 people

★★★★★

"Getting acknowledgement on a policy update used to mean chasing 30 people across 6 weeks. We ran an Informative Session. We had documented acknowledgement from the whole team in 48 hours. That has never happened before."

Programme Manager

Public sector agency

★★★★★

"The async format was the thing I was most sceptical about. We ran our first Decision Session async for a team spread across three countries. It worked better than most of our live meetings. I still don't fully understand why — but it does."

Founder

Professional services firm

Meeting savings calculator

How much will your team save?

Plug in your numbers. See what happens when you cut the meetings that don't need to exist.

Your Meeting Impact
people
meetings
minutes
$ / hour
40%

Current weekly meeting hours (team)

50 hrs

Hours saved per week

20 hrs

What your team gets back

Annual savings

$0

Your team could save 20 hours this week alone.

Start your first session free →

Questions

Everything you need to know.

Yes — because Nova replaces meetings, it doesn't add to the pile. Your team gets time back, not another tool to check. In fact, async sessions have been voted the favourite meeting format by teams across banks, startups, and government agencies.
About 2 minutes. Pick a session type, add your participants, set your agenda, and launch. No migration, no onboarding call, no IT involvement. Most teams run their first session the same day they sign up.
Yes — Nova integrates with your favourite calendar (Google Calendar, Outlook) so sessions appear alongside your existing schedule. You can also drop a session link directly into Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, or any chat tool your team already uses. No app install required — your team just clicks a link and participates.
Nova tracks participation and sends reminders. You can see who has contributed and who hasn't. Because each person has a defined window and structured steps, completion rates are significantly higher than email threads or shared docs. Most teams see 90%+ participation.
Agendas, shorter meetings, and meeting-free days treat symptoms. Nova changes the structure. Each session has built-in steps, forced participation, and automatic output capture. The format does the work — it doesn't rely on willpower or good intentions.
Yes. You can try Nova for free — no credit card required. Run your first sessions and see the difference. Paid plans unlock advanced features, larger teams, and Process AI. You can start today and upgrade whenever you're ready.
Yes. Moving away from a meeting-dependent culture — or making your meetings genuinely more productive — can take real effort. We offer online resources so your team knows exactly how to run effective sessions, plus dedicated programmes to support training, implementation, and cultural change. Get in touch →

Ready to take your
meetings back?

Start with one session. See what happens when your team leaves a meeting and something actually got decided.

Your team has another 30+ hours of meetings this week. The first one to change is free.

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