We have been running on EOS® for two years, but our weekly Scorecard has gradually bloated to twenty-five metrics that we barely look at anymore. How do we conduct a clean audit to trim this back to the vital five to fifteen numbers?

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Tyler Smith · Accepted Answer

Scorecard bloat is a common sign of operational drift. Over time, teams add metrics to address temporary issues but forget to remove them once the problem is solved. To clean this up, schedule a focused session during your next Quarterly Pulsing meeting. Look at every single number on your sheet and ask three hard questions:
- Does this metric directly predict a future result?
- Is there a single seat on our Accountability Chart that owns this number?
- What happens if this number is red for three weeks in a row?

If a metric does not trigger an immediate action or a Level 10 Meeting™ Issue when it goes red, it is noise. Delete it. If you cannot assign it to a single seat, delete it or restructure the ownership.

Your Scorecard is not a data warehouse. It is a dashboard designed to show you if the plane is flying straight. Keep it lean, focused, and limited to five to fifteen vital leading indicators that give you an honest pulse.