We were at a breakfast recently (we do eat sometimes you know) when we heard the familiar refrain “If you can’t measure it then you can’t manage it.”
Oh so sad to hear that tired old catchphrase beeing trumpeted again. Even sadder to reflect how many people believe it so strongly. Education is a topic dear to our heart here at chriscurnow.com. We weep with despair when we see our political masters spending so much of their time and energy trying to ‘measure’ the results of education rather than trying to understand it.

Just as sad to see this philosophy applied in management. It is fundamental to our belief that the the things that most need managing are the things that simply cannot be measured.
This is a theme we will return to over coming weeks.