Research

Explainers and analyses

Not a blog. Notes with a type, a depth, and a status. The simplest useful version comes first.

Explainer

What a measure needs before anyone should trust it

Grain, time, inclusions, an owner, and a known way to be wrong. A teaching note on KPI design with a labeled example and no client metrics.

Executive / Practitioner / Technical

Updated 2026-10-04