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Alistair Croll and Benjamin Yoskovitz say, in their excellent book Lean Analytics: “A good metric is comparative. Being able to compare a metric to other time periods, groups of users, or competitors helps you understand which way things are moving. Increased conversion from last week” is more meaningful than “2% conversion.” A good metric is understandable. If people can’t remember it and discuss it, it’s much harder to turn a change in the data into a change in the culture. A good metric is a ratio or a rate. Accountants and financial analysts have several ratios they look at to understand, at a glance, the fundamental health of a company. You need some, too… . A good metric changes the way you behave. This is by far the most important criterion for a metric: what will you do differently based on changes in the metric?”
Radical Focus SECOND EDITION
Christina Wodtke
MAXIMUM VIRTUAL PRODUCT When a minimum viable product approach isn’t possible, try a “maximum virtual product”—a hyperrealistic, exquisitely detailed model like those that Frank Gehry made for the Guggenheim Bilbao and all his buildings since and those that Pixar makes for each of its feature films before shooting.
How Big Things Get Done
Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner
> **How would you like ChatGPT to respond?**
> I paste in specific instructions to help AI edit my writing:
> *I will often ask you to edit my writing. I want my writing to:*
> 1. *Be concise and actionable with a conversational tone.*
> 2. *Use simple words that get straight to the point.*
> 3. *Create a curiosity gap in the first few sentences.*
Fwd: 💫 Day 3: How to Build Your Personal AI Writing Assistant
Felicity Bodger
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