Rethinking Success: The Case Against Traditional Metrics

In this episode of The People Dividend Podcast, Mike Horne interviews Radhika Dutt, author of 'Radical Product Thinking'. They discuss the limitations of traditional success metrics like goals and OKRs, and how these can lead to performance theater rather than genuine progress. Radhika introduces the concept of puzzle setting as a more effective approach to measuring success and fostering innovation. She shares insights from her work with organizations, demonstrating how a focus on learning and problem-solving can lead to significant business improvements.

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Key Points:

• Goals and targets can create performance theater. Metrics should be tools for insight, not evaluation yardsticks.
• Organizations can achieve better results without traditional goals and Radhika's methodology has dramatically transformed companies' performance. 
• Radhika emphasizes the importance of shifting from traditional goal-setting to a puzzle-solving mindset, which encourages teams to explore problems deeply and collaboratively, leading to more innovative solutions.

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