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Yup. The thing that's disturbing about this is that someone senior must understand Goodhart's law in the company. Which makes it more likely the side-effects ar
by conjectures 5y ago
Yup. The thing that's disturbing about this is that someone senior must understand Goodhart's law in the company. Which makes it more likely the side-effects are, in fact, intended.
- michaelt 5y agoPlenty of managers know about Goodhart's Law - they just also know about the power of incentives / KPIs / OKRs when properly managed. And they imagine they'll properly manage them. After all, you can't believe in perverse incentives without first believing in incentives! People in business largely believe in sales people getting bonuses for closing big sales, CEOs getting bonuses for raising the stock price, and workers getting bonuses for delivering projects on time and under budget.
- PedroBatista 5y agoAt the end of the day “someone senior” is just protecting their own neck. These people got there for being “a team player”, ie. They play the game, in the office, in emails, in meetings, at parties and many in their own heads since school age. At the end of the day they couldn’t give a shit about Goodhart’s law and all the book they were made to read in order to keep playing the game.
- Aeolun 5y agoThe thing is, unless it comes all the way from the top, it’s not generally a good idea to disagree too vehemently with your boss. Especially if he thinks stack ranking is the shit.