Episodes

  • Tracking - Uncover the hidden trails with Ryan Cole

    Tracking - Uncover the hidden trails with Ryan Cole
    Apr 16 2026
    Join host Ryan Cole as he exposes why most metrics mislead you and reveals what actually matters for measuring success in business, teams, and personal health. This series cuts through comfortable lies to show the critical difference between tracking what feels good and tracking what drives real results.

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    1 min
  • Tracking - Building a Dashboard That Actually Works

    Tracking - Building a Dashboard That Actually Works
    Apr 16 2026
    Ryan Cole reveals why most dashboards fail and how to build ones that drive decisions. Learn the counterintuitive truth: fewer metrics outperform more. Cole breaks down five characteristics of effective tracking systems, from mission alignment to honest reviews, showing how organizations confuse counting with understanding. Discover what your dashboard signals about your values.

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    23 mins
  • Tracking - The Myth of 'What Gets Measured Gets Managed'

    Tracking - The Myth of 'What Gets Measured Gets Managed'
    Apr 16 2026
    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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    25 mins
  • Tracking - The Cobra Effect: When Good Metrics Go Bad

    Tracking - The Cobra Effect: When Good Metrics Go Bad
    Apr 16 2026
    AI host Ryan Cole examines the cobra effect—when metrics drive unintended consequences—from British colonial India's bounty program to the 2008 mortgage crisis. Cole explores failure modes in measurement systems and offers a diagnostic framework for aligning metrics with genuine organizational goals.

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    25 mins