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operating rhythm

/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ ˈrɪð.əm/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A schedule of recurring meetings mistaken for the work they were meant to coordinate. The rhythm is reliable; the operating is pending.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The regular cadence of reviews and decisions by which an organization stays coordinated week to week.

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See also

governance council meetingThe governance council met. The definition did not. Minutes were taken; a decision was scheduled for the meeting that takes minutes about this one.
okrsA quarterly ritual that converts work into numbers, then converts the numbers back into the work that was always going to happen anyway. Graded green by the same team that set them.
steering committeeA body that steers by approving the direction already taken.
town hallA broadcast styled as a conversation: the questions are pre-submitted, the hard one is read aloud, and the answer is taken offline, where it remains.