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Action Center

Your personalized home page showing what needs attention today.

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The Action Center is your home page in Mistvine. It shows a prioritized list of action items across all your responsibilities, so you always know what to focus on next.

How It Works

When you log in, you land on your Home page with the Action Center - a collection of cards organized by category. Each card shows items that need your attention, sorted by urgency.

Smart Ordering

Cards automatically sort themselves:

  1. Cards with pending items appear first - Most urgent at the top
  2. Within each category, items are sorted by priority (High → Medium → Low)
  3. Empty cards appear last - Showing "All caught up!" messages

This means your home page adapts to what matters most right now.

Action Card Categories

Wave Items

Items related to your team's objectives during active waves.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Missing objectives Team leads High
Stale objectives Team members High (14+ days) or Medium
Missing sentiment Team members Medium
Weekly status due Team leads Medium

Stale objectives are objectives that haven't been updated in 7+ days. The system reminds you to update progress so everyone has visibility.

Missing sentiment prompts you to vote on how objectives are feeling (Red/Amber/Green). Your vote is anonymous.

1:1 Topics

Discussion items for your manager meetings.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Empty topics Direct reports Medium
Stale topics Direct reports Medium (14+ days) or Low

Empty topics have been created but lack descriptions. Adding context helps make 1:1 conversations more productive.

Stale topics haven't been updated in 5+ days. Consider whether they're still relevant or need an update.

Feedback Reviews

Peer reviews awaiting your submission.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Overdue reviews Reviewers High (60+ days) or Medium
Never reviewed Reviewers Low

Your organization sets a reminder frequency (default: 30 days). Reviews become overdue when they exceed this threshold.

Never reviewed surfaces team members you haven't provided feedback for yet. This helps ensure everyone receives feedback.

Team Health

Team health assessments to complete.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Overdue assessment Team members High (60+ days) or Medium
Never assessed Team members Medium

Team health assessments capture how your team is doing across ten evidence-backed dimensions (collaboration, clarity, communication, wellbeing, velocity, learning, safety, autonomy, purpose, accountability).

Individual OKRs

Your personal objectives that need attention.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Stale OKRs OKR owner High (14+ days) or Medium

Personal objectives become stale when neither the objective nor any key result has been updated in 5+ days. Regular updates keep your progress visible.

Practice Assessments

For practice leads and managers reviewing direct reports.

Action Type Who Sees It Priority
Self-assessment pending Managers Medium
Recommendation pending Practice leads Medium

Self-assessment pending means a direct report has submitted their self-assessment and is awaiting your review.

Recommendation pending means a manager has submitted a recommendation that needs practice lead approval.

Priority Levels

Each action item has a priority level that determines its position within a card:

Priority Visual Indicator Meaning
High Red accent Requires immediate attention
Medium Orange accent Should be addressed soon
Low Gray accent Lower urgency, but still pending

What Determines Priority

Priority is calculated automatically based on:

  • Time elapsed - Items become higher priority as they age
  • Frequency thresholds - Organization settings define what's "overdue"
  • Item type - Some items (like missing objectives for team leads) are always high priority

Role-Based Views

Your role determines which action items you see:

Team Members

  • Wave objectives (for your teams)
  • Sentiment submissions
  • Team health assessments
  • Individual OKRs
  • 1:1 topics

Team Leads

Everything above, plus:

  • Objective creation prompts
  • Weekly status submissions

People Managers

Everything above, plus:

  • Feedback review items
  • Self-assessment reviews for direct reports

Practice Leads

Everything above, plus:

  • Recommendation reviews for practice members

Taking Action

Each action item includes a link to the relevant page. Click on an item to:

  1. Wave objectives → Go to team objectives page
  2. Sentiment → Go to sentiment voting for that objective
  3. Weekly status → Go to weekly status submission form
  4. 1:1 topics → Go to your 1:1 topics with that manager
  5. Feedback reviews → Go to feedback form for that person
  6. Team health → Go to team health assessment form
  7. Individual OKRs → Go to your personal objectives page
  8. Practice assessments → Go to the member's assessment page

Understanding "All Caught Up"

When a card shows "All caught up!" it means:

  • You have no pending items in that category
  • The system has checked all relevant areas for you
  • You can focus on other categories

Cards with no items automatically move to the bottom of the Action Center.

Multi-Wave Support

Mistvine supports multiple active waves. Your Action Center shows action items across up to 3 concurrent waves, with wave context included so you know which wave each item belongs to.

Refresh Behavior

Action Center data is fetched fresh on each page load. Items are checked in parallel across all categories for fast loading.

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