What stalls work is rarely what you see. We identify and help resolve it.

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Less chasing. More progress.

You only hear about the hold-ups that need you. The rest get cleared at the source. All inside your own tools.

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Work rarely stops all at once. It slows down in small ways: an answer that never comes, a decision pushed to next week, a sign-off nobody chases. Each one is too small to escalate. Together they become the delay. We bring them into the open and get each one to whoever can clear it.

Straight to the one who can clear it

“I’ve been waiting six days for the contract sign-off.”

A man working at his desk, a silhouette against a window. A message from Snags in Microsoft Teams to Roger: a contract approval, waiting 6 days.

Snags in Microsoft Teams

To Roger, contracts

Contract approval

Held up
3 people, no names
Waiting
6 days

Reply

Snags found who can sign, and asked him directly

“I need the Q4 numbers by Friday, and I don’t know who has them.”

People outside an office building, one man on the phone. A message from Snags in Slack to Tom: four people are waiting for the Q4 numbers.

Snags in Slack

To Tom, finance

Q4 numbers for the report

Asked by
4 people, no names
Waiting
4 days

Reply

Snags found who has the numbers, and asked him once

“Launch Friday, or wait for the fix? Nobody will say.”

A man walking past a stone wall in hard sunlight, in silhouette. A message from Snags in Jira to Sara: launch on Friday or wait for the fix, two teams held up for 2 days.

Snags in Jira

To Sara, head of delivery

Launch Friday, or wait for the fix?

Held up
2 teams
Waiting
2 days

Reply

Snags put the decision in front of the one who can make it

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See it work in your own company

We set it up with you in the tools your teams already use, and you work directly with a founder. Start with one department, and see the four things below happen across the teams in it.

  1. 01 · Discover

    See what’s in the way

    What’s slowing the work shows up where your teams already work.

  2. 02 · Understand

    Spot what keeps coming up

    When several people are held up by the same thing, it becomes one clear item.

  3. 03 · Resolve

    Cleared at the source

    It goes straight to whoever can clear it. Leaders only see what needs a decision.

  4. 04 · Learn

    Next week runs smoother

    See what got cleared, what keeps coming back, and what to change.

How it works

Plan the week once, and Snags gets each thing moving

  1. 1We set it up with you inside your tools
  2. 2You pick one department
  3. 3After the Monday meeting, each person spends two minutes on a plan for the week

My week › Monday plan › Finish the Q4 report

Finish the Q4 report

From the Monday meeting in Microsoft Teams. What you write stays with you.

Due FriOnly you

Details

What is your best outcome?The board has it on Friday.
What could get in the way?The numbers aren’t in yet.
If that happens, I willask Snags to find who has them.

Activity

Planned in two minutes · Monday

Snags checks in on Thursday

Write a message

Plan the week onceAfter the weekly meeting, each person plans the week in two minutes. What they write stays with them.

Waiting on you › Customer agreement, Q4 › Contract approval

Contract approval

The customer agreement for Q4 is ready for your sign-off.

Waiting on youSeveral waiting6 days

Details

Why it mattersWork on the Q4 delivery can’t start until it is signed.
What done looks likeSigned. Snags tells the people waiting.

Activity

Snags found the owner from the Monday plans · 2 days ago

Reminder sent in Microsoft Teams · today

Write a message

Each thing finds its ownerSnags sends each thing to the person who can fix it, without saying who is waiting.

For leaders

Solved without you

See what needs you and what is already moving, and how much time the team spends waiting, month by month.

Needs you › Release plan › Q4 release or customer project?

Q4 release or customer project?

Two teams are held up until it is decided.

Needs your decision2 daysRelease plan

Details

Why it reached youOnly you can choose between the two.
What is held upThe release checklist and the customer project.

Activity

Raised in two teams’ Monday plans · 2 days ago

Brought to you, the leader who can decide · today

Write a message

Only what needs youThe few things only you can decide reach you, with what is moving underneath.

Solved › This week › Q4 numbers to the team

Q4 numbers reached the team

Solved in three days, without a meeting and without you.

Solved without youWedWaited 3 days

Details

What was held upThe Q4 report. The team needed the numbers.
How it got solvedSnags found who had them and asked. They sent them on Wednesday.
This weekFive things solved without you.

Activity

Raised in the Monday plans · Monday

Numbers sent to the team · Wednesday

Write a message

Solved without youWhat got cleared this week, and the time spent waiting, against your own task history.

Example data from the Snags demo. We won’t quote numbers until we have our own.

Inside your tools

The tools your team already uses

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Build it with us

Start with one department. We ask for honest feedback while we build it together.

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