The headline numbers a dashboard opens with — a value, whether it is good news, and the trend the delta compresses.
Four tiles, each a value, a signed delta with its own arrow, and the twelve periods behind it as a line.
One panel of four cells rather than four cards, with a range control that moves the figures and the comparison window together.
Numbers that have a target: a meter carrying severity across the whole bar, a notch at the expected pace, and a state that survives losing the colour.
One metric given the room to explain itself — a hero figure, twelve months as columns you can read a value off, and the channels underneath it.