Gino Wickman's Entrepreneurial Operating System — what it is, where LanCon already sits, and what to borrow. Grounded in eosworldwide.com (fetched 9 Sep) + the books. A working brief, not gospel.
What it is
A complete operating system for entrepreneurial companies — created by Gino Wickman in the early 2000s, published in Traction (2007; trade editions from 2010, 1M+ copies reported). The claim: get six things right, using simple tools, applied with discipline on a 90-day rhythm. Designed for private companies of 10–250 people — LanCon sits comfortably in the pocket.
2 · PeopleAccountability Chart; right people (values) in right seats — GWC: Gets it, Wants it, Capacity.
3 · DataWeekly Scorecard: 5–15 activity numbers, a name against each.
4 · IssuesIDS — Identify the real issue, Discuss, Solve with owners & to-dos.
5 · Process6–10 core processes documented the 20/80 way, one owner each — "Followed by All".
6 · TractionQuarterly Rocks (3–7, one owner, on/off-track weekly) + the weekly Level 10 meeting pulse.
The Level 10 — the engine room
Weekly, same slot, same agenda, starts and ends on time: 5' segue · 5' scorecard & rocks · 5' customer/employee headlines · 5' to-dos (done or not — no stories) · 60' IDS on the issues list · 10' conclude, cascade, rate the meeting.
Visionary + Integrator (Rocket Fuel): the founder-visionary pairs with an integrator who runs the machine. Trying to be both in one person caps the company — EOS's strongest claim.
Where LanCon already sits
EOS expects
LanCon has
Status
Accountability Chart
The org map — seats + accountabilities on every tile
AHEAD
Core process documented
The client-journey ribbon + per-step cards (this week)
Weekly Level 10 — leadership first. One habit, three components (Data, Issues, Traction).
Quarterly Rocks — 3–7 company rocks, one owner each, visible weekly.
Scorecard — 5–15 weekly leading numbers on the dashboard: tenders out, PCV items open, red barriers open, site starts forecast vs actual.
IDS the PCV hanging-points — Mel's portal is the tooling; IDS is the discipline.
V/TO one-pager — six of the eight questions are half-answered in existing folklore.
GWC + values at review time — plugs straight into existing staff reviews.
Watch-outs
Sequence, don't shotgun — EOS itself installs over ~2 years, in order.
Adapt the ritual to the family — keep the skeleton (same slot, to-dos, IDS), soften the ceremony.
Rocks on capability & business, not on houses — houses track in Onsite Companion.
Don't buy an implementer — self-implement; Jarvis runs the cadence: agendas, minutes, to-do chasing, scorecard collection.
The Integrator question is the real decision — Mel, Janelle and Dave are the internal candidates; also legitimate: a deliberate hire. Give it its own agenda slot.
Next moves
Blake reads this (10 min) → picks the first tool. My vote: Level 10 + Rocks.
Jarvis drafts the V/TO starter from known LanCon material.
Jarvis mocks up the LanCon L10 agenda (softened ceremony, same skeleton).
Ribbon-meeting agendas already tasked — the external standard; the L10 becomes the internal one.
Integrator question gets 30 minutes at the next quarterly session — not before.