From Spreadsheets to Systems

Graduate From Spreadsheet Ops But Keep the Flexibility

We help teams transition from spreadsheet chaos to lightweight operating systems that support autonomy and focus without enterprise overhead.

We believe teams managing strategy, planning, and product deserve operating systems designed for their reality—not startup chaos or enterprise bloat. Your coordination should be intentional, not heroic. You need scaffolding that supports better decisions without forcing you to change how you think or work. The future belongs to organizations that can scale coordination capacity without losing their edge.

WHEN SPREADSHEET OPS HIT THE WALL

The coordination burden is real—
and growing.

You've outgrown hallway conversations and hero-driven execution, but you're still stuck managing strategy and planning with spreadsheets and manual rituals. Teams are stepping on each other's toes, duplicating efforts, and building things that don't connect back to strategy. Leadership lacks visibility into what's actually happening, and your highest-leverage people are burning out from shouldering too much implicit coordination. You know your operating model needs to evolve, but every solution feels like overkill or starting over.

Built for Modern Leaders
Strategy & Planning Leaders at Growing Companies

You're coordinating across more teams and initiatives than spreadsheets can handle. Manual updates are eating your time while leadership demands better visibility. Dotwork gives you lightweight systems that scale your coordination capacity without enterprise complexity—restoring your strategic focus.

Product Leaders Outgrowing Informal Ops

Your team has outgrown hallway conversations, but formal frameworks feel like overkill. You're caught between startup chaos and enterprise bloat, losing velocity to coordination overhead. Dotwork provides the scaffolding you need to maintain autonomy and focus while scaling intentionally.

Operations Leaders in Legacy Industries

You're modernizing how work gets done, but existing tools assume you're either a startup or a 10,000-person enterprise. Your context is unique, and you need systems that fit. Dotwork meets you where you are and grows with your specific culture and pace.

YOUR COORDINATION BACKBONE

Replace Spreadsheets With Systems That Scale

We give you lightweight scaffolding that connects strategy to execution without the enterprise overhead—so you can move beyond manual coordination and hero-driven processes to build an operating system that actually fits your team's size, culture, and pace.

Structured
Simple frameworks for bets, themes, outcomes, and signals that replace tribal knowledge with shared language—giving you the building blocks for scalable alignment without rigid processes.
Flexible
Modular platform that adapts to your current maturity level and grows with you—supporting what's already working while gently nudging better decisions and clearer focus.
Intentional
Visual representations of how strategy connects to work, with lightweight rituals that become quiet forcing functions—helping you operate more predictably without losing your edge or changing your culture.
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WE WERE BUILT FOR THIS

Features that fit how you work

Each designed to eliminate the coordination overhead that slows you down.

Strategic Scaffolding

FEATURE GROUP

Connect strategy to execution without the bloat.

Lightweight bet library

Replace scattered spreadsheets with simple frameworks for bets, themes, and outcomes—giving teams shared language without heavy processes.

Strategy canvas

Visual representation of how strategic priorities connect to team work—creating clarity without forcing rigid planning cycles.

Cross-team visibility

See what's happening across initiatives and teams without chasing updates or scheduling more status meetings.

Outcome tracking

Connect high-level goals to day-to-day work with simple signals and feedback loops that keep everyone aligned.

Coordination Systems

FEATURE GROUP

Scale good habits without losing flexibility.

Minimal structure that grows

Start with lightweight rituals and frameworks that adapt to your team's maturity—no big bang implementations required.

Context-aware workflows

Support how your teams actually work today while gently nudging better coordination habits over time.

Flexible team topology

Map relationships between teams and initiatives without forcing organizational changes or new reporting structures.

Easy onboarding with fast wins

Get value quickly with simple setup and immediate improvements to how work gets coordinated and communicated.

Intelligent Evolution

FEATURE GROUP

A system that learns and adapts with your organization.

Pattern recognition

Surface coordination bottlenecks and improvement opportunities based on how work actually flows through your organization.

AI-assisted coordination

Automate routine updates and surface insights that help teams stay aligned without manual overhead.

Custom system builder

Design lightweight operating models that fit your specific context—without hiring consultants or implementing enterprise frameworks.

Continuous improvement engine

Make ongoing optimization part of how you work, not something that requires separate initiatives or external help.

BUILT FOR THIS

Why Teams Can Finally Ditch The Sheets

Context-Aware by Design

Cascade forces you into their OKR framework whether it fits or not. Dotwork adapts to your existing culture and maturity level—giving you scaffolding that supports how you actually work, not how consultants think you should work.

Lightweight Without Compromise

Cascade adds enterprise complexity even when you don't need it. Dotwork scales from simple coordination to sophisticated operations without forcing you through heavyweight implementations or organizational changes.

Systems Thinking Built-In

Cascade treats goals as isolated metrics to track. Dotwork models the real relationships between strategy, teams, and work—helping you see patterns and make better decisions instead of just measuring what already happened.

WHY LEADERS CHOOSE DOTWORK

Designed by Product Leaders, For Enterprise Results

I've watched brilliant product organizations hit walls not because of bad strategy, but because their operating models couldn't scale with their ambitions. The companies that thrive at scale don't just plan better—they've built operating models that evolve in real-time. Dotwork makes that evolution continuous rather than episodic. It's the difference between reshaping your organization quarterly versus adapting it daily.

John Cutler

Systems Thinker, Head of Product at Dotwork

I'm amazed by how Dotwork handles organizational complexity. I've watched companies struggle as they scale from high-growth to enterprise, but Dotwork can grow seamlessly with them. Whether you're managing 15 teams or 1,500, the strategic clarity never gets lost. It's refreshing to finally see an answer to both flexibility and autonomy.

Barry O'Reilly

Co-Founder of Nobody Studios, Author of Lean Enterprise and Unlearn

That's exactly what excites me about Dotwork—it's designed for the reality of modern product development. When portfolio priorities shift overnight, teams using Dotwork stay aligned and keep moving forward. It's brilliant how the platform evolves with strategy changes instead of fighting against them. Context for AI will be the second part of this story that will change everything.

Cullen Childress

Chief Product Officer at SolarWinds

After years of watching companies force-fit their processes into rigid platforms, Dotwork is a breath of fresh air. It molds how organizations actually work—their unique planning rhythms, stakeholder needs, and decision-making styles. The platform becomes an extension of the business rather than a constraint. That kind of adaptability is what separates truly transformational platforms from the rest.

Greg Stock

CEO at Zenoss

Early Adopter Results:

This could finally give us the coordination we need without the enterprise overhead we're trying to avoid.

Head of Product Operations, Financial Services

I can see how this would scale our good habits without forcing us into rigid frameworks that don't fit our culture.

VP of Strategy, Manufacturing Technology

Proven Results:

60% higher returns
for companies with mature operating models vs. those without
2% better margins
for operations, top vs bottom maturity (14% vs 12%)
3-4 weeks faster
identification of strategy-execution risks with modern operating systems
70% correlation
between tooling strength and organizational innovation outcomes
* McKinsey Research, Operating Model Index & OMI Study
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See how Dotwork graduates you from manual coordination to scalable systems

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