I was also cynical at first but it ended up as a triumph over C-suite politics. This person took a nonsense buzzword "productivity" and turned it into actual m

I was also cynical at first but it ended up as a triumph over C-suite politics. This person took a nonsense buzzword "productivity" and turned it into actual measurable numbers which make sure the company is moving forward, and linked those numbers to enjoyable developer activities. This seems like a good outcome to me. The C-suite actively don't want the developers spending time fixing bugs and doing drudge work. Developers are incentivised to avoid bugs with good code and testing. They can knock back bad implementations because those will lead to more bugs which the C-suite have said they don't want. Seems like a win to me?