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Decision Templates: The Stanford Email Triage, 2016

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In 2016, the Stanford Office of the Provost was losing over four hours every week just debating replies to scheduling emails. Stanford staff started using decision templates: prewritten options for routine questions, like "Available Tuesday at 3 or Thursday at 10-reply with A or B." Each new template took five minutes to set up, but cut their average email thread from six messages to two. By the end of the semester, Stanford saved nearly an hour a day across the team with email decisions drafted in advance.

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Learn how Stanford administrative staff in 2016 used prewritten decision templates to cut response times on everyday email choices. See what a decision template is, how to set one up, and exactly how many minutes this strategy can save with real results documented in the Stanford Office of the Provost.

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