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		georgeecollins on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Soviet Shoe Factory Principle What gets measured gets done. But, Goodhart's Law "When a measure becomes a target it ceases to be a good measure."

mycall on Jan 30, 2025 | [–]

That is interesting as the definition of a KPI is a metric with a target as a goal.

bell-cot on Jan 30, 2025 | [–]

> What gets measured gets done.

Sometimes. Other times...just look at the US public education system.

mattigames on Jan 30, 2025 | [–]

What gets measured _and_ the organization is a whole focused on improving such measure they mean.

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