The central thesis of this book is that measuring employees will necessarily incentivize their behavior and measurement systems are doomed to by dysfunctional if any critical dimension of an employees role is not measured.
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A review of Drift Into Failure
On the advice of a former colleague, I recently read Drift into Failure: From Hunting Broken Components to Understanding Complex Systems by Sidney Dekker.
An overview of Drift into Failure
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