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Chris Meredith

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2026-07-20 03:21:09

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11 Laws — Law 7 of 11: Goodhart's Law Hook: "The moment you measure something, people start gaming it." Core explanation: Goodhart's Law. When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. You wanted to track quality, so you counted a number. Now everyone optimizes the number and quietly abandons the quality it was supposed to stand for. The map eats the territory. Real-world example: Pay support agents by tickets closed. They start closing tickets fast, not solving problems. The metric looks amazing. The customers are furious. You measured the wrong thing and got exactly what you measured. Talking points: Every metric you reward becomes a target, and every target gets gamed. This is why test scores, KPIs, and follower counts all rot over time. The defense is watching seve...

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    "emotion": "controlled urgency, slightly sardonic",
    "dialogue": "A call center hit its ticket-closure target 3 months straight. Customer satisfaction tanked 18 points in the same quarter. Same metric. Opposite reality. That's Goodhart's Law, and it's quietly destroying your KPIs right now.",
    "duration_sec": 9
  },
  "outro": {
    "emotion": "dry wit landing on genuine conviction",
    "dialogue": "One number is a target. Several numbers in tension are a system. Build the system. Next up: Goodhart's twin problem, Campbell's Law, and why government policy falls into the same trap. Follow for sharp frameworks on the decisions that move your business. And no, I'm not gaming the algorithm. Mostly.",
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        "line_1": "WHEN A MEASURE BECOMES A TARGET",
        "line_2": "IT STOPS BEING A GOOD MEASURE"
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      "narration": "Goodhart's Law, named after British economist Charles Goodhart in 1975. The second you reward a number, people stop caring about what that number was ever meant to track.",
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        "metric_rewarded_change": "+34%",
        "metric_destroyed_change": "-18%"
      },
      "type": "comparison",
      "narration": "Pay agents per ticket closed, they close tickets fast. Not correctly. Not thoroughly. Fast. The dashboard looks clean. The customers are furious. You measured the wrong proxy and got exactly what you measured.",
      "description": "Split-screen, two columns. Left: 'WHAT YOU MEASURED' with a rising green bar labeled 'Tickets Closed +34%'. Right: 'WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED' with a falling red bar labeled 'Customer Satisfaction -18%'. Animate left bar first (2s), then right bar (2s), then hold both for 1s before cut.",
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          "Standardized Testing",
          "Corporate KPIs",
          "Social Metrics"
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        "conclusion": "ALL OPTIMIZED. ALL ROTTED."
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      "narration": "This pattern runs everywhere. Test scores, corporate KPIs, follower counts. Every metric you reward becomes a target. Every target gets gamed. The number survives. The thing it measured dies.",
      "description": "3 icons appear sequentially with labels beneath: test score icon (labeled 'Standardized Testing'), bar chart icon (labeled 'Corporate KPIs'), follower count icon (labeled 'Social Metrics'). Each icon pulses in at 1.5s intervals. Below all 3, a single line of red text fades in: 'ALL OPTIMIZED. ALL ROTTED.' Cut at 5 seconds total.",
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      "narration": "The defense isn't ignoring metrics. It's refusing to let one number run unopposed. Stack 3 to 5 measures that push against each other. When one spikes suspiciously, the others tell you whether it's real.",
      "description": "Clean infographic card. Header: 'THE FIX'. Below it, 3 short bullet lines appear one at a time with animated reveals (1.5s each): '01. Never optimize a single metric alone', '02. Watch 3-5 measures in tension', '03. If one looks too good, audit the others'. Cut after third line fully renders.",
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    "title": "Goodhart's Law Is Killing Your KPIs",
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      "tiktok": "A call center hit every target for 3 months straight. Customer satisfaction dropped 18 points. Same metric. Here's the law that explains why your KPIs might be lying to you too?",
      "youtube": "Goodhart's Law explains why your best-performing KPIs can mask your worst operational failures. This video covers the 1975 principle from economist Charles Goodhart, a real call center case with an 18-point satisfaction drop, and a 3-metric framework to stop single-number gaming. Follow for sharp frameworks on the decisions that move your business.\n\n00:00 The call center that hit every target and failed every customer\n00:09 What Goodhart's Law says\n00:16 The metric that looked perfect while the product rotted\n00:28 Where this pattern destroys companies\n00:38 The fix: measures in tension",
      "instagram": "A call center hit its ticket-closure target 3 months straight. Customer satisfaction dropped 18 points in the same quarter.\n\nThat's Goodhart's Law. When a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure. This video breaks down why every KPI you reward eventually gets gamed, and the 3-metric system that stops it.\n\nWhat metric in your org do you think is already being gamed?\n\n#GoodhartsLaw #KPIs #BusinessStrategy #Leadership #ManagementTips #DataDriven #TechLeadership #ChrisMeredith #OperationalExcellence #Metrics"
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