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		mrexroad on Aug 28, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Maybe today’s Navy is just not very good at drivin... Goodheart's Law [1]: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

zentiggr on Aug 29, 2017 [–]

Let's popularize this amongst the ranks of management, senior administrators and every other supervisor.... and especially the groups that help create the tests and stats and 'merit' systems.

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