How else can mediocrity or excellence be measured but by results? There is no other measure that matters in business. Are we to take the stories of hiring to f

How else can mediocrity or excellence be measured but by results? There is no other measure that matters in business. Are we to take the stories of hiring to fire, constant infighting, favoritism, bigotry, and other inefficiencies and derive from that information that these companies are wise and excellent, instead of at least a little incompetent and mediocre, perhaps not overall but at least in part and by design?