Playbooks
The processes great teams run, written down
Free guides from the Nova team on how leadership teams set objectives, decide, launch and work with clients. Each one ends with a process you can run in Nova the same day.
Run the company
Rhythms and rituals for leadership teams.
Executive operating system
OKRs, scorecards, the meeting cadence, decision rights and the decision log in one AI-powered workspace. Done-for-you setup included.
See what's included Free guideOperating Rhythm Guide
Set objectives once and keep them alive all quarter: monthly priorities in every team, OKRs and the meetings that keep them moving.
Read the guide LeadershipThe Leadership OS
The few systems great leaders run that nobody hands them: 1:1s, priorities, team health and development.
Read the playbook StrategyStrategy Clarity
Build a strategy that is coherent, owned and ready to execute, from decision logic to the first quarter of work.
Read the playbookDecide and align
Governance and company-wide meetings: how decisions get made, recorded and shared.
Monthly business review template
A ready-to-run MBR: pre-reads, every objective's status on one screen and actions with owners.
Read the guide FrameworkDecision rights framework
Who decides what, up to what limit, with examples, and how decision rights work in every Nova project.
Read the guide GuideBoard meetings
Prepare the board pack in days and run board meetings that end in decisions.
Read the guide TemplateGovernance playbook
Monthly business reviews, decision rights, a decision log your team keeps and board meetings that end in decisions.
Read the playbook TemplateAll-hands and town halls
Company meetings that align everyone: what to prepare, a 60-minute agenda, a Q&A that builds trust and the follow-up.
Read the playbook SoftwareDecision log software
Keep every decision, who made it and why, in a log built into every project. Categories, search and the habits that keep it alive.
Read the guideShip the work
End-to-end processes for launches and client work.
Product Rhythm Guide
Connect every initiative to a company objective, and bring design, development, sales and marketing in early.
Read the guide LaunchProduct and service launch
From concept to launch, with stakeholders shaping the work early and risks surfacing while they're cheap.
Read the playbook ConsultingClient engagement process
Every phase, deliverable and ritual of a consulting engagement, from first contact to a confident handoff.
Read the playbookDesign how your team works
The thinking behind processes that run without you.
Nova GPS: how to think about processes
Goal, Process, Spark: design work where progress happens by default, with no heroics and no dropped balls.
Read the method LeadershipAutonomous teams
Great teams aren't managed, they're designed. Principles, structure and transparency that let teams move on their own.
Read the playbook Field guideThe Interface Layer
A field guide to the places between people and teams where work slows down, and what to do about each.
Read the field guideFrom playbook to running process
Every playbook maps to sessions and steps in Nova. Start one from the process library, assign owners and AI coworkers, and it repeats on the schedule you set.
Want it installed for you?
Our team sets up these processes inside Nova with your leadership team and coaches the first cycles.