{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Uncensored Renegades","title":"Why leaders are using KPIs wrong","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2d01f194\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1203,"description":"Jon and Kory discuss why the metrics designed to improve performance can sometimes lead businesses in exactly the wrong direction.\nKory explains why e.l.f. does not tie compensation directly to KPIs, and why misaligned targets can discourage creativity, distort decision-making and even put good people at risk.\nThey also tackle a growing leadership problem: treating KPIs as instructions rather than information. How high should targets be? When do they create useful focus, and when do they become a ceiling? And what should leaders use instead when the work requires judgement, experimentation and long-term thinking?\nTimestamps\n00:00 - Start\n01:01 - Do KPIs kill creativity?\n02:56 - Goodhart’s law\n03:31 - Why e.l.f. do not have compensation based KPIs\n06:50 - Why misaligned KPIs can get you fired\n09:37 - Can KPIs hold you back?\n13:25 - People are using KPIs like AI\n14:19 - How high should you set KPIs\n16:19 - The better way to approach KPIs\n19:09 - Are KPIs out?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/B9fGm6LkmFXN_iVB5d0jResTZYFcsWCmw0BeP1C9IPs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NmEw/MzY2ZGMzMGU0Njc2/ZWFhY2FhMzk1M2Q3/MmM1NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}