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Handoffs and approvals slow down the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop and inhibit both learning and accountability.

Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat.

…we optimize for what we measure. When we choose the wrong measurement, we get the wrong behavior.

Measurement is only useful when it guides you and adds context to a larger picture, not when it consumes you.

…just because you can’t measure something doesn’t mean it’s not important at all.

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, you can’t manage what you can’t measure.

…to achieve results… is the only true measure of a team…

The best assessors in any field look at people differently… These judges all have the courage to focus on candidates’ underlying character and motivation, rather than sticking merely to classic measures of experience.

If we simply measure the amount of food or energy Americans throw out, how much money we spend wantonly, that should give us an indication of how little we actually need.

Give us something specific to set our sights on, something we can measure our progress toward, and we are more likely to achieve it.