How Goodhart's Law Breaks Metrics
Explore Goodhart's Law—when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure—and how to design metrics that resist gaming.
January 2026
Step-by-Step: Analyzing Incentive Structures
Map what's rewarded with bonuses and recognition. Identify what's punished with penalties and criticism. Compare stated versus actual incentives.
December 2025
Economic Laws Explained Simply
Understand fundamental economic principles—supply and demand, opportunity cost, incentives—without jargon or mathematical complexity.
October 2025
Incentive Design Failures Explained
Analyze incentive failures—real cases where reward systems created perverse behavior, gaming, and outcomes opposite to intent.
How Incentives Shape Outcomes
Understand incentive mechanics—how rewards and punishments shape behavior, create alignment, and why incentive design matters.
How Metrics Influence Behavior
Metrics create visibility making performance transparent. Accountability follows visibility. They enable improvement but encourage gaming the measures.