Who This Helps
Founders and operators who feel like their team is constantly changing direction. This weekly ritual from the Product Decisions Mission Pack creates a shared evidence base. It gets everyone looking at the same numbers, so you stop debating opinions and start deciding on facts.
Mini Case
A founder was struggling with her team's focus. Marketing wanted to chase a new trend, engineering was buried in tech debt, and she felt pulled in three directions. They started a 30-minute weekly analytics sync. In 4 weeks, they cut their 'should we build this?' debates from 3 hours to 20 minutes. They launched one small feature that increased user activation by 15% because they all agreed on the goal first.
Do This Now (5 Steps)
- Block 30 minutes every Tuesday morning. This is non-negotiable. Protect this time like your most important meeting.
- Pick three key metrics. One for product health (like weekly active users), one for business (like trial sign-ups), and one for this week's focus (like a specific feature's usage).
- Prepare a simple slide. Just three charts. No fancy design. Update it Monday afternoon. This takes 20 minutes max once you have the habit.
- Run the meeting. Start with the numbers. 'Here’s what happened last week.' Then ask: 'What’s the one thing this tells us to do?'
- Assign one clear next step. Decide on one experiment, one change, or one thing to investigate further. Write it down and assign an owner. Boom, meeting over.
Avoid These Traps
- Don't turn it into a deep-dive. This is a check-up, not surgery. If you find a big problem, schedule a separate meeting to solve it.
- Don't let it become a reporting session. The goal is decisions, not presentations. If someone is just reading numbers, stop them.
- Don't change your metrics every week. You'll get whiplash. Stick with your three core metrics for at least a month to see trends.
- Don't skip the meeting when things are 'busy'. That's when you need it most. Busy without direction is just running in circles.
Your Win by Friday
By this Friday, you'll have held your first ritual. You'll walk out of that 30 minutes with a single, clear action everyone agrees on. No more back-channel chats or confusion about priorities. You'll have a tiny, stable foundation for your week's decisions. And honestly, it feels pretty great to replace chaos with one clean next step.