Operating Cadence

The meeting structure that worked at 30 people collapses at 100. What worked at 100 collapses at 300. The failure mode is always the same: too many people in too many meetings making too few decisions.

When to Use

Triggers:

• "Our meetings don't produce decisions"
• "We're growing but alignment is getting worse"
• "How often should we meet?"
• "Nobody knows what's happening across functions"
• "Decisions take forever"
• "Leadership is in meetings all day"

Context:

• Companies scaling from 20 to 300+ people
• Post-PMF through growth stage
• Distributed / remote teams
• Any stage where "we need to talk about this" has become the default