| Measuring the Wrong Thing | January 23, 2013 |
Steven McCormick
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Moore Foundation |
Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Lecture Series |
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| Video 6 of 8 from this talk |
- 58:02Drive Change Through Entrepreneurship [Entire Talk]
- 03:19Focus on Outcomes, Not Activity
- 03:12Challenges in a Culture of Consensus
- 04:29Philanthropy Needs Entrepreneurial Zeal
- 02:29No Incentive to Change
- 02:15Measuring the Wrong Thing
- 03:22Danger of Chasing the Money
- 04:28Be the Positive Deviant
Description
If a nonprofit puts the emphasis on what is solely measurable, it can inadvertently cause the organization to do things that are not part of their mission, says Steven McCormick, president of the Moore Foundation. Here McCormick shares a sobering example of when an institution measures by the wrong metric.
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