RGTM
Reading, the Gap, Time-to-receipt, Momentum: four numbers for how work with AI is going. Each is computed from the session record and published with its computation, so a skeptic can check the math. (And yes, the initials read good to us.)
does the record get read?
What share of the kept record actually gets read?
Reading is the share of a window's sessions that were read after the fact — reopened by their author, cited in a coaching conversation, or opened by a teammate the author shared them with. Keeping a record and reading it are different things; Reading measures whether the second codebase actually gets used.
Definition, computation, pseudo-code →structural minus felt
Does the record agree with what people say?
The Gap is the difference between what the session record implies about how work is going (the structural reading) and what people report when asked (the felt reading). The two should roughly agree. When they diverge, something is wrong with the work — or with the safety of saying so.
Definition, computation, pseudo-code →does listening come back?
When someone raises a problem, how long until something visible happens?
Time-to-receipt is the median time from a problem raised through the tools to a visible outcome: a change shipped, a decision recorded, or a clear no with the reason. It measures the organization's behavior — how fast listening turns into an answer.
Definition, computation, pseudo-code →are we getting better?
Is the team measurably improving at working with AI?
Momentum is the direction of the other readings over time: the slope of a simple composite — Reading, inverse friction, the felt score — across trailing windows. It is the number the maturity ladder's top level asks about: whether the loop is actually compounding.
Definition, computation, pseudo-code →Keep your dashboards. Add the work itself.
RGTM reads the work itself. Your delivery dashboards read what shipped — and the two together explain each other.
The Gap's felt reading comes from the same sixteen-statement instrument behind Score your org — answered on the person's terms, reported for teams.