Track every action item with an owner and due date, filter by status, and let overdue items highlight themselves automatically.
| Item | Owner | Due | Status |
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Action items that come out of meetings tend to disappear the moment everyone gets back to their desks. Giving every item a named owner and a specific due date, then reviewing the list regularly, is a simple way to keep that follow-through visible instead of relying on memory. The overdue highlight is deliberately unforgiving, since a quietly overdue item is exactly the kind of thing a tracker should surface.
If an action item needs two owners, it usually means it should be split into two items.
Sorting by due date and checking the highlighted rows first keeps the list from silently piling up.
Any item with a due date before today that is not marked Done is highlighted automatically.
Yes, click directly into any cell in the table to edit the text, owner, due date or status.
Yes, use the chips above the table to show all items or only Open, In Progress or Done ones.
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