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Re:At JPMorgan, productivity falls for younger employees at ... by andyjohnson0 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:46AM (#24478519)
Goodhart's Law in action: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

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Re:At JPMorgan, productivity falls for younger employees at ... by seventhtiger on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:53AM (#24490197)
This sounds true and I've seen it in action. But I always wonder about the implications.

Must we keep our most important measures target free? That sounds insane, although I can see how it would improve the measurement.

So the questions is how are we supposed to set targets without our most important measures?

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