Making Measurement Matter
Selecting Strong Signals
Strategic plans can become abstract. Tracking can feel like busywork. And the gap between "we're doing things" and "we're making progress" can be surprisingly wide.
The problem might be a lack metrics, or it might be too many, losing signal in noise. You might be confusing outputs with outcomes, or relying on confirmation when you need prediction.
This workshop helps you build visibility into whether your work is creating the conditions you're after, using progressive frameworks that serve multiple organizational contexts.
Whether you're helping individual contributors find their leverage points and build personal progress gauges, or refining organizational dashboards to serve boards and leadership teams, this workshop can be tailored to your specific measurement challenge.
Move from tracking activity (events held, reports published) to tracking actual change (trust increased, capacity strengthened).
Select predictive and confirmatory measures, giving you visibility into future trajectory and past results.
A systems that tells you when something needs attention, not one that drowns you in data.
Leverage mapping the places where effort creates disproportionate impact.
A method for keeping indicators realistically scoped.
This workshop can be customized for different audiences and measurement challenges. It's valuable for:
Leadership teams refining organizational dashboards for boards, funders, and internal decision-making
Strategy and operations leaders building measurement systems from scratch or rescuing ones that have become unwieldy
Individual contributors and mid-level leaders who want to know their work is creating impact, not just activity
Anyone who suspects there's a better way to know if things are working than drowning in spreadsheets or relying on gut feel