Week Minus 2 – Pre-sprint Check
Week Minus 2
Pre-Sprint Check
This week marks a significant shift: you are handing over the “baton” to the 100-Day Challenge Coach. With the Start-Up Workshop only 14 days away, they are now in the lead. Your mission is to support them in ensuring that every designated team member arrives at that workshop feeling curious, motivated, and ready to move from “planning” to “performing”.
Podcast
Click here to listen to a Challenge Strategist and Coach discussing the mission and tasks this week.
Your Key Tasks This Week
Challenge Note
The first priority is to help the Coach draft the formal invitation to the 100-Day Team. We call it the Challenge Note. It’s more than just a meeting invite; it’s a call to action that sets the tone for the entire sprint. It defines their specific destination, provides clear guidance from leadership, and — most importantly — grants them the full agency and empowerment to innovate as they see fit.
Need help? Look at last week’s Learning Deep Dive: Preparing the Challenge Note for a step-by-step guide.
Team member Gaps
Check in with the Coach to see if any 100-Day Challenge recruitment gaps remain. Offer to contact prospective members or their managers directly to help “sell” the vision of the 100-Day Challenge.
Getting a Jump Start - Self-Preparation
At the end of the week, the Coach will send a progress update. They are now sharing the burden of execution with you.
Next week, you will have a discussion with them on your role at the Start-up Workshop and how to show up. To get a jump start on this, look at this week’s Learning Deep Dives:
Overview of the Start-up Workshop: A key milestone getting the 100-Day Challenge team going.
Challenge Strategist’s role in the Start-up Workshop: A practical guide on how to show up at the workshop and tips on how to answer questions you may get from the team.
