Velocity Metrics
The four falsifiable measures that tell you whether the operating rhythm is delivering on its promise: signal-to-decision time (the median from observation to disposition), decisions per leader per week (count of dispositions across both layers), question-to-answer time (the median from a coherence question being surfaced to its resolution), and coherence score trajectory (the direction of travel on the alignment suite’s coherence score). Together they make the difference between a rhythm that is working and a rhythm merely performing the appearance of working. (Strategy as Infrastructure, Ch 15)
Why it matters
Velocity metrics are what make the operating rhythm falsifiable rather than aspirational. Without them, ‘we’re moving faster’ is a feeling, not a fact. Each metric targets a different failure mode: high signal-to-decision time means the sensing layer is slow; low decisions per leader means dispositions are being deferred; high question-to-answer time means the coherence layer is backed up; declining coherence score means decisions are correct individually but incoherent collectively.
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