Readiness
Readiness is closely related to recovery, and the two terms are often used interchangeably, though some wearables use readiness specifically to describe a forward-looking estimate for the day ahead, built from the previous night's data plus longer-term trends such as sleep debt and training load.
The value of a readiness score is not the number itself but the trend against a person's own history. A readiness reading that would be unremarkable for one person might represent a genuine dip for another, depending on their normal range.
Sloane treats readiness as one of several signals feeding a person's working capacity assessment for the day, alongside calendar load and team-tool metadata. It looks for a meaningful change against the person's own 14 to 30 day baseline, not an absolute score.
Readiness scores are a useful starting point for a conversation, not a verdict. A low readiness day does not mean a person should do nothing; it might mean protecting a single important block of time and being realistic about the rest of the day.
Related terms
- Recovery score, A composite daily score, produced by a wearable, that summarises how well rested and prepared a person's body appears to be for demanding activity.
- Working capacity, A person's current ability to take on demanding work, assessed against their own recent baseline rather than a fixed standard.
- Personal baseline, The rolling normal range for a specific individual across their signals, used as the point of comparison for deciding whether something has genuinely changed.