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The Weekly Review

Transform chaotic meetings into focused 30-minute sessions.

Signal: Credibility vs Intent

Ground your goals in reality, not hope.

The Operating Layer

The missing layer between strategy and delivery.

Anti-Patterns

What breaks in how companies run, and how to fix it.

Operating LayerFebruary 6, 2026·7 min read

The Founder's Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly Rhythm

Running a company without operating rhythm is like navigating without checkpoints. Here's the cadence that works for 25-75 person software companies.

Anti-PatternsJanuary 24, 2026·6 min read

OKR Bureaucracy Kills Small Companies

You implement what the books say: cascaded goals, scoring rubrics, individual OKRs. Six months later, your team spends more time updating OKRs than doing actual work. This is the bureaucracy trap.

Anti-PatternsJanuary 23, 2026·7 min read

When OKRs Become Performance Reviews

It seems logical to tie OKRs to performance ratings. This logic is intuitive and wrong. When OKRs become individual scorecards, you lose the very thing they should provide: truth.

Anti-PatternsJanuary 20, 2026·8 min read

Stretch Goals Are Lying to You

Every OKR guide tells you to set stretch goals. This advice is well-intentioned but often destructive. The core mistake is using a single goal to do two incompatible jobs.

Operating LayerJanuary 12, 2026·8 min read

Viva Goals Is Shutting Down: Your Options for OKR Software in 2025

Microsoft ends Viva Goals on March 4, 2025. Here's what happened, your migration options, and how to evaluate alternatives for your software company.

Weekly ReviewJanuary 11, 2026·7 min read

The Async Weekly Review: A Format for Distributed Teams

Information flows async. Judgment happens sync. Here's how to structure a weekly review for distributed teams that respects both principles.

Weekly ReviewJanuary 10, 2026·5 min read

How to Prepare for Weekly Reviews in 5 Minutes

The secret to a 30-minute weekly review isn't what happens in the meeting. It's what happens before. Here's the async prep template that makes efficient meetings possible.

Weekly ReviewJanuary 9, 2026·6 min read

Your Weekly Review Should Be Boring

The best weekly reviews are predictable. They start on time, follow the same format, and finish early. If your review is exciting, something has gone wrong.

Operating LayerJanuary 7, 2026·7 min read

The Company Journal: Building Institutional Memory

Most companies lose context with every decision made in Slack and every person who leaves. A company journal creates the memory your organization needs to stop repeating mistakes.

Anti-PatternsJanuary 6, 2026·6 min read

You Don't Need OKRs Yet (And That's Okay)

If you're running a team of five to ten people, formal OKRs are probably overkill. Here's what small teams actually need, and how you'll know when it's time to add structure.

SignalJanuary 5, 2026·7 min read

Confidence Scoring: A Better Way to Track Risk

Percentage progress answers the wrong question. Leaders don't need to know "how much have we done?" — they need to know "how likely are we to succeed?" Confidence scoring answers that directly.

SignalJanuary 4, 2026·7 min read

KPIs and OKRs: The Speedometer and the GPS

Most companies conflate KPIs and OKRs. This is a category error. KPIs are your speedometer. OKRs are your GPS. You need both, and you need to understand what each one does.

Operating LayerJanuary 2, 2026·6 min read

The Three Layers of Running a Software Company

Every software company operates across three layers: strategy, delivery, and operating. Understanding which one you're neglecting is the key to running your company without chaos.

Weekly ReviewDecember 31, 2025·7 min read

The 30-Minute Leadership Review Template

Your weekly review doesn't need to take an hour. Here's the exact format high-performing teams use to run focused, decision-driven meetings in 30 minutes or less.

SignalDecember 30, 2025·6 min read

Why Your Team's 'Green' OKRs Are Lying to You

Your dashboard shows everything on track. Your gut says otherwise. Here's why the green lights are probably wrong — and what to do about it.

Anti-PatternsDecember 28, 2025·7 min read

Status Theatre Is a Symptom of Broken Tools

When people give vague updates in meetings, the problem isn't them — it's the systems that reward performance over truth. Here's how to fix it.

Operating LayerDecember 28, 2025·6 min read

What Founders Actually Need to Run Their Company

You don't need more dashboards or project managers. You need an operating layer — the connective tissue between strategy and delivery.

SignalDecember 27, 2025·6 min read

The Problem with Self-Reported OKRs

When your team reports that a key result is 70% complete, how do you know that's true? Self-reported progress measures intent, not reality.

Weekly ReviewDecember 27, 2025·6 min read

Why Your Weekly Reviews Feel Like Status Theatre

Most leadership reviews have devolved into performance over progress. Here's how to fix them and run a 30-minute meeting that actually drives clarity.

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