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Tracking - The Myth of 'What Gets Measured Gets Managed'

Tracking - The Myth of 'What Gets Measured Gets Managed'

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Ryan Cole examines the misuse of "what gets measured gets managed," tracing it to V.F. Ridgway's 1956 warning about performance metrics. The episode explores how measurements drive organizational dysfunction when conflated with incentives, rewarding number-chasing over genuine outcomes, and advocates for balancing quantitative tracking with qualitative judgment.

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