Running your week

Aretê's core is a simple, repeatable rhythm: a few quarterly priorities, a weekly scorecard, a live issues list, and one meeting that ties them together. Here's how to run it.

Set your Rocks

Rocks are the priorities for the quarter — the few things that must get done for the quarter to count as a win. For each Rock:

Give it a single, accountable owner.
Write what "done means" in plain language, so completion isn't a matter of opinion.
Keep its status honest — on track, off track, or done. An off-track Rock updated early is a gift; a surprise at quarter-end is a problem.

Keep the list short. A team with three real Rocks beats a team with ten it can't focus on.

Keep a weekly scorecard

The scorecard is a small set of numbers you check every week, each with a target and an owner. The point isn't the numbers themselves — it's spotting a metric drifting off target while there's still time to react. Enter this week's actuals, and let anything red become an issue to solve.

Work the issues list (IDS)

Everything that's in the way — a blocker, a risk, a decision to make, a tension to resolve — goes on the issues list. Then you work it with IDS:

Identify the real issue beneath the symptom.
Discuss it once, openly, with the people who can move it.
Solve it with a concrete next action and an owner — then mark it resolved.

Prioritise ruthlessly: solve the most important issue to completion rather than touching ten and finishing none.

Run the Level 10 meeting

The Level 10 meeting is the weekly meeting that pulls it together on a fixed agenda:

Headlines — brief good and bad news worth the room's attention.
Scorecard — a quick scan; off-target numbers drop to the issues list.
Rock check-in — on track or off track, no essays.
Issues (IDS) — spend the bulk of the time here, solving the top issues.
Wrap-up — capture the cascading messages and to-dos so everyone leaves knowing what to communicate and do next.

Aretê keeps the record of each week's meeting, so next week you start from where you actually left off rather than from memory.

Make it a habit

Same time, every week. The rhythm only works if it's reliable.
Assign an owner to everything. Rocks, metrics, issues and to-dos each need exactly one accountable person.
Let the trail do the remembering. Because every change is recorded, you can review what moved between meetings instead of re-litigating it.