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EOS Module 2 – Supplementary Materials

Rocks That Build Capacity: Goals Under a Hamiltonian Filter

American System / Hamiltonian filter on native EOS tools. Not a claim that standard EOS practice is Hamiltonian.

Slide deck (PDF)Guided diagnosticBMC companion

One-Page Diagnostic Checklist

Rocks & Capacity Diagnostic

Use with leadership or alone. Prefer facts over aspirations. Yes / Partially / No + short note. Checks stay in this browser only. No account required. Prefer one question at a time? Open the guided diagnostic.

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Rocks as a system (not only a goal list)

Capacity-linked Rocks

Short-cycle temporary or visa labor

Hand-off to Scorecard & People

Anchors (shared language)

If the outline isn’t enough, view the 90-Day Sprint. Back to Start here.

Diagnostic result: Where is the gap — Rocks as a wish list, no capacity-linked Rock, Rocks that depend on permanent short-cycle temporary or visa labor design, or Level 10 that skips capacity when cost is green?

90-Day Action Plan Outline

This is a starting outline, not a full managed engagement. Paid implementation support (e.g. 90-Day Sovereign Capacity Sprint) sits behind deeper facilitation and cross-module integration.

Days 1–30 — Diagnose

  • List current Rocks; mark which are capacity-linked vs cost/fill onlyOutput: Tagged Rock list
  • Test whether any Rock depends on permanent short-cycle temporary or visa labor designOutput: Failure-mode notes
  • Confirm Rocks are owned, few, and actually reviewed in Level 10Output: System health notes
  • Map capacity Rocks to a future Scorecard metric and to critical seatsOutput: Hand-off sketch

Days 31–60 — Redesign

  • Add or rewrite one Rock that builds capacity (pipeline, knowledge, critical seat, elevated process)Output: Rock statement + operator owner + due
  • Strip or reframe any Rock that only wins by expanding permanent short-cycle temporary or visa labor coverage on critical seatsOutput: Revised Rock set
  • Link the capacity Rock to a metric name (Module 3) and seat family (Module 5)Output: Metric + seat placeholders

Days 61–90 — Execute & Embed

  • Run Level 10s that IDS capacity Rocks when they are red even if cost is greenOutput: Documented IDS examples
  • Keep the capacity Rock visible in the next quarter’s setOutput: Locked Rocks list
  • Hand off to Scorecard (Module 3) and People (Module 5)Output: Short hand-off list

Success check at day 90: Rocks are run as a system (owned, few, reviewed); at least one Rock is capacity-linked with an operator owner; no Rock depends on unchallenged permanent short-cycle temporary or visa labor design for critical seats — so Rocks build lasting productive capacity rather than rent weakness.

Full facilitation, customized Rocks work, and ongoing Chief of Staff-style support are available on request.

Soft cross-reference (BMC)

BMC Module 2 (OKRs under a Hamiltonian filter) applies the same capacity lens in OKR language. Preferred path for teams new to the filter: free BMC series first, then EOS. Teams already running EOS may start here and still use BMC diagnostics alongside — no mandatory sequence.

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What this companion is / is not

Is

  • Free diagnostic + 90-day scaffold (guided checklist compatible)
  • Aligned to native EOS Rocks + Hamiltonian filter
  • Funnel toward paid execution support if useful

Is not

  • Full facilitation or done-for-you Rocks rewrite
  • A rewrite of EOS or a claim that EOS = American System
  • Required purchase to use the checklist

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