Choosing your metrics, KPIs, etc...
how to measure what matters + philosophical musings on whether the important things can be measured
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Choosing your metrics, KPIs, etc...
The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denominator. It requires a metric. Therefore, it tells us nothing about results we cannot quantify or measure. When we gear our society around efficiency, we produce more and more of the measurable, while... See more
Building something no one else can measure
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People who insist that every product decision should be metrics-driven would also have to logically admit that theirs will be the first job to get automated by AI.
Shreyas Doshix.comSacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition
Charles Eisenstein • 5 highlights
amazon.comMeasure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs
John Doerr • 8 highlights
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Finding the right metric
Ted Merz, who used to be the Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg, has an insightful article about how the company's founder (Mike Bloomberg) uses metrics as a management tool. One metric that is prominently displayed around the office on TV screens is the number of Bloomberg terminals sold year-to-date.
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Ted Merz, who used to be the Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg, has an insightful article about how the company's founder (Mike Bloomberg) uses metrics as a management tool. One metric that is prominently displayed around the office on TV screens is the number of Bloomberg terminals sold year-to-date.
This single... See more