Operator Rhythm OS: Dashboards, Cadence, and Decision Logs

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Alethea AI
Recorces Date
September 24, 2025
What this guide covers
  • The weekly operating cadence that reduces drift
  • Dashboard standards, decision logs, and owner maps
  • Tooling, a 2-week rollout, and proof metrics
The cadence (Operator standard)
  • Monday Objectives: three bets that move KPIs.
  • Midweek Review: unblock; update dashboards; adjust owners.
  • Friday Score: what shipped, what slipped, decisions logged, next week’s bets.
How to choose (selection criteria)
  • Dashboards: one page per function; drill-downs; no vanity charts.
  • Decision hygiene: simple log with owner, date, rationale, outcome.
  • Meeting caps: 45 minutes; written prep in advance.
  • Asynchronous status: default unless a decision is needed.
Tool stack
  • A. Dashboards & Data
    1. Looker / Mode / Metabase — trusted KPIs by function.
      • Pros: versioned definitions; sharing. Cons: BI upkeep needed.
    2. PostHog / Mixpanel — product activation and retention.
      • Pros: product-team friendly. Cons: event taxonomy discipline.
  • B. Work & Notes
    1. Asana / Linear / Jira — task owners, due dates, velocity.
    2. Notion — meeting templates, decision log, playbooks.
  • C. Operating Hygiene
    1. Loom / Tella — async updates; reduce meeting load.
    2. Slack — #ops-rhythm channel for weekly summaries.
Implementation steps (2 weeks)
  • Week 1 — Define the OS
    • Draft KPI tree; pick 5–7 “board-level” metrics.
    • Create dashboard per function (Sales, Marketing, Product, CS, Finance).
    • Build a Decision Log template in Notion (Decision, Owner, Date, Context, Hypothesis, Outcome).
  • Week 2 — Go live
    • Run the first three meetings: Monday, Midweek, Friday.
    • Capture decisions, assign owners, publish recap in Slack.
Metrics / proof hooks
  • Commit-hit rate: +20–30%.
  • Blocked-item cycle time: −25–35%.
  • Meeting hours saved: −30–40% via async updates.
  • Forecast accuracy: improves as dashboards stabilize.
FAQs

Isn’t this just more meetings?
No—cadence replaces status theater and shortens decision cycles.

What if leadership can’t attend?
Require written pre-reads; decisions can be made async with the log.