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How to make health scores actionable

Health scores only help when they point to evidence, owners, and next actions.

A score only matters when it is tied to evidence, ownership, and action.

Teams do better when each health shift answers three questions:

  1. What changed?
  2. Who owns the next move?
  3. What signal would change this status again?

If you can’t answer those, the color is meaningless — and so is the meeting.