Tag: Metrics
Announcing My Next Book: “Management by Emoji” [April Fool]
Today, April 1st, is a day for BIG announcements. I am pleased to tell you about the logical (if not inevitable) follow-up to my...
A Chart is a Picture That’s Worth More Than a Thousand...
I recently saw this article in the Washington Post:
This MLB season, the ball is making everyone batty
Major League Baseball has been trying to reduce...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 21, 2022
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,...
Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 7, 2022
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,...
Why Samantha Riley Prescribes “Making Data Count” in the NHS England...
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My guest for Episode #413 of the Lean Blog Interviews podcast is Samantha Riley,...
Evolving Lean Metrics: Why Process Behavior Charts Outperform Red-Green Charts
tl;dr summary: This post challenges the traditional use of red-green binary charts in tracking performance and promotes Lean Process Behavior Charts. It emphasizes the...
Zoom Out For The Whole Picture
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...
The Misleading Use of “YTD” Numbers to Evaluate Performance
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,...
Starbucks Risks Getting Burned on the Metrics Rollercoaster
Shout out and hat tip to Dan Markovitz for his excellent blog post:
"WHEN LEADERS TORTURE THEIR EMPLOYEES"
He makes a strong case that displaying three...
Be Careful With Misleading Year-Over-Year Charts
The main subject of my book Measures of Success is "Process Behavior Charts" (see more in this blog post) and the thought process that's...
My Article for CFO.com: Break the Bad Habit of Overreacting to...
I'd like to thank CFO Magazine (their CFO.com website) for publishing my article:
"Break the Bad Habit of Overreacting to Metrics"
If you've read my book...
From Numbers to Insights: Smarter Ways to Evaluate Webinar Success
One of the things I do with KaiNexus is manage our webinar series. That means lining up presenters, playing the role of host and...