Energy Line Cards

Manage your energy, not time.

Deadlines are important but you can’t deliver if you and your team are either burning out or just coasting along. So, while it’s important to know what your team are working on, it’s also important to know how much energy that work is taking out of each of them and the team as a whole. The “Energy Line” is a great way to track both.

How it works.

At your weekly standup, each person allocates the amount of energy they plan to give their projects this week.

The practice gives everyone in the organization—not just the team—an idea of what was going on and how much load everyone is carrying. It is a very human way of working that encourages conversation and candour, trust and teamwork.

This is a printable pdf version of the energy line. Print it out. Cut and laminate the labels. Tape them to a bulletin board or countertop. Voila.