The value of a number
Most times, in most places, most people just don’t care about how what you’re up to can help.
It’s not necessarily that they’re delighted with the way…
We’re doing ok, right? Well, we think we are. At least, the water is hot and we put coffee in, I can’t remember any particular issues in the last few batches. So, we’re good?
Maybe.
The alternative … a shiny datapoint collected from where things matter.
17.
Now we know. Now we can manage.
Better yet .. compare it to the plan … now we can look for variances.
We expected 27. What happened? Was the plan off or are we. What needs to change, where and when?
The value of a number?
The knowing.
This is what we’re dealing with. Better/worse than we thought. Which means … we need to do this and this and this differently to what we expected.
The alternative? Guessing. We’re not sure so let’s keep muddling through.
Most things are measurable.
Skippy strategy: Work out what’s important, measure it, keep an eye on variances and manage with reality.
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