Headwater holds your vision, pillars, initiatives, and climbs, and runs the check-ins, huddles, and planning sessions that get them done. Choose any part of the app below and try it.
My Flow. Everyone’s home page, in the order things need doing.
More about My FlowEvery week
The week starts with My Flow and the weekly check-in on Monday morning. Each team then holds its huddle, with its pre-read open, and works through its issues.
My Flow
My Flow is the page everyone opens first. It lists your milestones, climbs, and issues in the order they’re due, and shows which of your crew have checked in.
More about My Flow- Sign 12 new cafés in Leeds
- Hire two trade reps
Weekly check-ins
On Monday morning, each person marks each of their climbs on track, off track, or done, and ticks off milestones. Keys 1, 2, and 3 set a status, and Enter moves on.
More about Weekly check-insHuddles
A huddle is a team’s weekly meeting. It lasts one hour, follows the same agenda every week, and spends forty minutes on issues.
More about HuddlesIssues and decisions
An issue is a problem or blocker on a team’s list. Headwater shows how long each one has been open, in amber after a week and in red after two.
More about Issues and decisionsThe price list is behind.
Documents
Documents hold huddle pre-reads, reviews, and updates, with live climbs and issues in the page. Lock one when the meeting ends to keep it as it was.
More about DocumentsEvery quarter
Climbs run for one quarter. In the two weeks either side of a new quarter, each climb is closed and the next quarter’s climbs are set, with a SMART check on every one.
Climbs
A climb is something that has to be finished this quarter. Headwater marks a climb behind pace when its progress is more than 25 points behind the time gone.
How to set climbsPlanning
Planning sessions run in the two weeks either side of each new quarter. The company plans first, then each team, then each person with their manager.
More about PlanningSMART goals
Each climb and initiative is checked against the five SMART tests as it’s written. Each letter fills as the goal earns it, and shows what to change if it doesn’t.
More about SMART goalsEvery year, and any time
The leadership team sets the vision and pillars in the annual planning session. Teams, the strategy map, the ownership chart, Brook, and Claude are there whenever you need them.
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Vision and pillars
The vision says where the company will be by a set year. Three to five pillars are the goals that get it there, and each pillar’s progress adds up from its initiatives.
More about Vision and pillarsTeams
Each team has a page with its climbs, issues, and people, and the Teams page shows every team at once. People can be in more than one team.
More about TeamsStrategy map
The strategy map shows the vision, pillars, initiatives, and climbs on one canvas. Point at a pillar to see the initiatives under it.
More about Strategy mapPeople and 1:1s
The ownership chart shows every seat, who sits in it, and which seats are vacant. Managers prepare 1:1s from each person’s climbs, milestones, and issues.
More about People and 1:1sBrook
Brook is an assistant on every page. Press B to ask about the plan, and save what it suggests with one press. It’s the one add-on to Headwater.
More about BrookHeadwater in Claude
Connect Headwater to Claude to ask how the plan is going, raise issues, and add milestones without leaving the chat.
More about Headwater in Claude- Tasting at Kiln Café
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- Sign 12 new cafés in Leeds58%
- Hire two trade reps50%
- Build the trade price list35%
- Halden Coffee37%
- Win wholesale34%
- Open trade in Leeds and Manchester46%
- Sign 12 new cafés in Leeds58%
Your first quarter is free, so you can set your plan and see a whole quarter through before you pay anything.