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Using Metrics to Understand Mental Models

Posted October 22, 2015 | Leadership |

I have to admit, I’m not a particular fan of metrics. Many managers still seem to believe that you can manage an organization by setting numerical objectives and tie them to financial bonuses. This approach has utterly failed; most prominently as one of the root causes of the ethical and economic breakdown of major parts of the financial industries in 2008.

About The Author
Jens Coldewey
Jens Coldewey is based in Munich, Germany. For more than 10 years, Mr. Coldewey has worked with numerous top 50 large and medium-sized companies to introduce Agile practices and Agile management, specializing in deploying Agile development in large organizations. He is a founding member of the nonprofit AgileAlliance and has served as board member. Mr. Coldewey is Managing Director of it-agile GmbH, the leading German supplier of Agile support… Read More
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