Tag: Metrics

Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly...

tl;dr: Run charts and bar charts can hint at patterns, but they often mislead. A Process Behavior Chart reveals whether a KPI truly changed--or...

Two data points aren't a trend--but headlines, executives, and analysts keep treating them like one, whether the topic is Olympic TV viewership or business...

tl;dr Two data points don't show a trend. Month-to-month comparisons often reflect noise, not meaningful change. Use run charts and Process Behavior Charts to...

Management by Emoji might sound like the logical next step in modern leadership--or at least that's what I'm announcing today, April 1st, as a...

TL;DR: Words can exaggerate short-term changes and invite speculation. Charts--especially run charts--make variation, trends, and context visible, helping leaders avoid overreacting to noise and...

Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

Thanks as always to Ryan McCormick for this... there's always so much good reading, listening, and viewing shared here by him! News, blogs, articles, resources,...

Scroll down for video, how to subscribe, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #413 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Samantha Riley,...

tl;dr: Red/green metrics encourage snap judgments and overreaction. Process Behavior Charts provide context, separate signal from noise, and help leaders make better decisions that...

Mark's note: Today's post is something I asked my friend Brian Buck to write up here. He wrote one previous guest post back in...

In my travels, I see many organizations using Year-to-Date (YTD) numbers to evaluate performance. Some of it is in the context, at this moment,...