The Complexity Tax Audit.
Most teams carry a backlog of things they're still doing that nobody would start today. Eight categories, three checks each. Tick what's true and get a ranked stop-doing list — highest-drag categories first. Built to be the opening exhibit in an operational review where the honest answer is "less."
Score eight drag categories
Each check is one point. Any category scoring 2 or 3 surfaces on your stop-doing list. Honest answers only — this stays on your screen.
Stop-doing list · ranked by drag
Score the categories to populate.
Tick the prompts above to surface the highest-drag categories first. A category needs 2 of 3 to surface here.
Why this works. Growth conversations dominate quarterly reviews; drag conversations don't happen until someone holds up the list. This is the simplest version of that exhibit — a ranked, named, ownable set of stop-doing decisions. Run it monthly and retire the one at the top.