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Weekly operations review template: run the meeting from exceptions, not status updates.

A practical 30-minute agenda for founders, COOs and operations leaders. Start with material exceptions, make decisions, assign owners and close the loop on corrective actions.

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The 30-minute agenda

Time	Section	Question	Output
0–8 min	Exceptions	What is materially off-plan, overdue, high-severity or financially exposed?	Disposition or escalation
8–18 min	Decisions	What requires leadership judgment now?	Decision + owner
18–25 min	Corrective actions	Which actions are overdue or blocked?	New date / escalation
25–30 min	Controls & next week	What repeated, and what control or automation should change?	Control / automation action

Rule: anything on track stays off the agenda. The meeting is for exceptions, decisions and directed action.

Pre-read inputs

Critical and high-severity open exceptions
Open dollar exposure
Overdue corrective actions
Red KPIs with explicit next action
Weak or failed controls
Automation opportunities with quantified ROI
Open decisions requiring leadership judgment

Recommended action log fields

Field	Why it matters
Decision / action	Prevents narrative notes from becoming the system of record.
Owner	One accountable person, not a team name.
Due date	Makes aging and escalation visible.
Related exception	Connects action to the problem it is resolving.
Control change	Separates fixing the event from preventing recurrence.

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Operator Control System combines the Weekly Review with an Exception Log, Control Register, KPI Scorecard, Process Audit, Automation ROI model and executive Control Center.

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