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Goals and Scoreboards

Naming the one goal that wins ties, and checking whether the number on the wall is actually telling you the truth.

  • The Review Failed Months Ago

    Pleasant retrospectives that change nothing are not a candor problem. They are missing one exhibit: the promise that was written down before the work began.

  • The Team Was Fine. The Scoreboard Was Lying.

    Five months in, the number looked like a verdict on the people. It was a timing artifact of a setup nobody had updated.

  • Ten Priorities Is a Refusal to Choose

    A list of ten priorities is a to-do list wearing ambition’s clothes. The real strategy is naming the goal that wins ties.

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