There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
– Peter Drucker
I’ve written previously about the benefits of a To Don’t list. To intentionally decide the activities and habits you will avoid and focus on what truly matters.
As I put the finishing touches on new strategies and business plans for clients, I’m thinking there’s also room for a Don’t Count list.
How many metrics does your organisation or team report on? How many are actually helpful for tracking progress?
If we stripped back the scorecards, dialled down the dashboards, and pressed pause on some of the performance indicators, we could lighten the reporting burden and measure what really matters, rather than everything.