The Nijntje Principle for Measurable Goals
November 5, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentNijntje, or Miffy as she is known in English-speaking countries, is the little rabbit character who is drawn with only a few simple lines and primary colours. Yet she's meaningfully recognisable as a little rabbit. She doesn't need any more detail to be meaningful. But any less detail and she looks incomplete. Goals that are meaningfully measurable are just like Nijntje.
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Meaningful Performance Measures
A Recipe for Writing a Measurable Goal
May 22, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentHow we write our goals or objectives has a fundamental effect on how easy it will be to measure, how meaningful the measure will be, and ultimately how likely the goal will be achieved. (more…)
Filed Under: Making Strategy Measurable
How PuMP Helps Beyond Measurement
January 5, 2021 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentCanadian government colleagues Shannon Sanford and Janet Norman share seven ways PuMP helped beyond performance measurement. (more…)
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Want Great KPIs? You Have to Get Sensory…
January 31, 2023 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentThe building blocks of KPIs and performance measures is detectable evidence. And evidence is detectable when it is sensory. (more…)
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Why the Important Things Are So Hard to Measure
March 5, 2024 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentESG and DEI are examples of things that are strategically important to business success, but are extremely hard to measure meaningfully. One skill helps us solve this gridlock. (more&h...
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3 Simple Hacks for Better KPIs
February 20, 2018 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentWhen you don't have the time and energy to take on a deliberate approach to developing great KPIs, these 3 hacks for better KPIs can quickly and easily improve the way you're measuring. (more…)
Filed Under: Getting Started, Performance Culture, Performance Leadership
What Happens if We Don’t Measure Performance?
July 9, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentThere is a lot of focus on why we should measure performance. But are the consequences of having no KPIs, metrics or measures really all that bad? (more…)
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11 Important Memes of Performance Measurement
September 3, 2019 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentBreak outdated and useless KPI habits by using memes that are quick and easy ways to remember the principles to meaningfully measure performance. (more…)
Filed Under: Performance Culture, Performance Leadership
5 Powerful Questions to Make Intangible Goals Measurable
March 3, 2020 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentLanguage is the key to make intangible goals or objectives measurable. These 5 questions will help you make the language more tangible, and thereby measurable. (more...
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3 Dangerous Mistakes With Metrics
March 31, 2015 by Stacey Barr | Leave a CommentGuest author Martin Klubeck, author of Metrics: How to Improve Key Business Results, warns us about 3 mistakes with metrics that stem from too strong a focus on the data.
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Setting Performance Targets, Using Measures