Certainly, competition has undesired side effects, and everything you measure will become a target and be gamed. I don't believe there's an alternative availabl

Certainly, competition has undesired side effects, and everything you measure will become a target and be gamed. I don't believe there's an alternative available that scales and works reliably. The market-style multi-layer competition (individuals, organizations, regions, nations, continents and blocs etc) is full of problems, but it's the best thing we have.