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Collab Week: Next Steps

January 8, 2026 - Post-Session Direction

Great Work This Week!

Really impressed with the results. The general sentiment was very positive. Everyone did a great job putting together amazing content. Now let's take one more turn of the crank.

Key Dates

What happens when

Tue Jan 14

UA Company-Level Strategic Focus & Priorities Update

CEO/COO deliverable — this will help inform what changes we're looking for from teams

Next Week

First Pass on Health Metrics

Teams take initial pass at defining quantitative health metrics from success criteria

Next Week

Heartbeat Meetings Scheduled

Layla will get the 5 weekly operating rhythm meetings on calendars

End of Next Week

Priorities Locked Down

All team priorities finalized based on feedback

2 Weeks Out

Health Metrics Finalized

Quantitative health metrics defined for all strategic focus areas

Priorities Refinement

What we're asking teams to do

Action Required

Refine Your Priorities

Go back next week and make refinements based on:

Don't Wait to Cascade

Share what other teams have. Just make sure everyone knows they aren't locked down yet. Your sub-teams should be doing the same thing in parallel - get them into the tool working on theirs.

Leadership Accountability

Coming in the next couple weeks

Job Descriptions

Dana will share job descriptions for leadership level, focusing on decision rights, accountability, and deliverables.

COO LT Mobilization

Decision rights and accountability will be a focus of COO LT mobilization meetings - tied directly to health metrics.

Health Metrics

Turning success criteria into measurable outcomes

We've defined success criteria for our areas of strategic focus and priorities. Now we need to turn that into real quantitative health metrics.

It's okay if we can't measure all of them yet. What's most important is that we:

Week 1

Teams take first pass at defining health metrics

Week 2

Health metrics finalized and ready for regular review

Operating Rhythm

The 5 Heartbeat Meetings

Weekly Cadence

New Operating Rhythm Starting Soon

The five heartbeat meetings that Dana presented will establish our weekly operating rhythm.

Be prepared for some calendar shuffling. Layla will work to get these scheduled next week. We'll do our best not to blow up everyone's schedules, but this will be significant.

Ongoing Cadence

We will review health metrics regularly alongside status of Q1 priorities.

AI Analysis

Initial AI Analysis Feedback

An AI analysis has been constructed looking at our vision down through our team priorities to identify:

This is meant to give us something to chew on as we finalize priorities.

View the Alignment Analysis →

The Bottom Line

Lock down priorities by end of next week. Define health metrics within two weeks. Get sub-teams working in parallel. Be ready for the new operating rhythm.