S03 E06 Slate Captain and ORE Reports

Coffee and Coals
The Making of O.R.E. with The Slate Captain
In this Coffee and Coals episode, I step away from finished reports and polished conclusions to talk about the work behind the work.
I introduce O.R.E., Observations on Recruitment and Enrollment. It is not a single report or topic. It is a method for noticing signals, testing them, and turning scattered observations into something enrollment teams can use.
O.R.E. exists for the moments every admissions office knows well.
You sense a shift.
You see a behavior changing.
You hear the same question from families again and again.
You feel the data moving before the field has language for it.
This episode covers
Why O.R.E. was created
What kind of signals it is designed to capture
How raw observations become refined insight
The repeatable craft behind every O.R.E. report
Where the series is heading next
Along the way, I introduce The Slate Captain, a Forge character that represents the role many of us play every cycle. Navigating messy data, guiding teams through uncertainty, and steering institutions through melt, noise, and last minute change.
These are not predictions.
They are preparations.
Every signal starts as raw ore.
The work begins when we strike.

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