Or you could keep the metrics secret before evaluation. Except secrets are hard to keep and non-transparent. One also has to consider whether the people who de

Or you could keep the metrics secret before evaluation. Except secrets are hard to keep and non-transparent. One also has to consider whether the people who define the KPIs are themselves properly incentivized. How are they evaluated? Could there be some perverse incentive to set gameable KPIs that get hit easier? Maybe the KPI setter is in some sense in on the game and complicit? Very complicated stuff. What if the business gets destroyed in the process? Who does that hurt in reality and how much?