The other day I found a very good blog post on measuring named "How do you measure an idea?" by Paul Williams. I think Paul created a great short write up of some of the key points on measures together with presenting some great measures to consider. His key points of "Use a portfolio approach" and "Don't go overboard", I fully support.
What I also notices on the measures he presents, is that a number of them are somewhat indirect. Ramping up the score on a measure like "Number of managers receiving creation/innovation management training" does not guarantee that performance will improve directly, but it will (especially in a portfolio with other measures) increase the probability and likelyhood. I also found (and discussed in the chapter on measuring) that those measures are worth a lot more than some fantasy measures that are either to complex or expensive to obtain or are driving the wrong behaviors. Knowledge sharing is related to culture and to influence and nudge culture changes takes time anyway, so the fact that those measures might be longer-shot than a couple of months is ok. Used in a portfolio approach they can be effective.
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