Metrics - why are they so hard to pick and how to make them work

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Unlocking the Power of Metrics: Understanding, Implementing, and Growing Your Business

In this video, I delve into the complexities and essential concepts of business metrics. This comprehensive guide explores how to make metrics work for you, whether you're skeptical of their value or looking to refine your current system.

What You'll Learn:

The importance of context and relationships in selecting the right metrics for your organization
How to build and interpret metric trees for deeper business insights
Understanding North Star metrics and how they align with business strategy
The critical divide between data and business teams (and how to bridge it)
Practical frameworks like Pirate Metrics for tracking user states

Key Points Covered:

Foundations of metrics: distinguishing between measure, activity, and performance
Input vs. output metrics and understanding their dynamics
Building deterministic and probabilistic metric trees with real examples
How metrics can bridge the gap between technical and business teams
Adapting metrics to evolving business strategies
Creating a metrics system that drives meaningful operations and growth

Through practical examples and frameworks, I show how to move beyond simply collecting data to building a metrics system that actually informs decision-making and drives growth. We'll explore why context matters more than the metrics themselves, and how the right relational models can transform your understanding of business performance.

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Key Moments to Watch:
00:00 Introduction: My Complicated Relationship with Metrics
01:19 The Importance and Challenges of Metrics
03:16 The Divide Between Data and Business Teams
06:22 The Role of Dashboards in Bridging the Gap
09:51 Revisiting Metrics: A New Approach
13:48 Foundations of Metrics: Measure, Activity, and Performance
24:27 Input and Output Metrics: Understanding the Dynamics
33:40 The Importance of Context & Relationships in Metrics
38:29 Introduction to Metric Trees
40:03 Understanding Relational Models of Metrics
42:19 Building a Metric Tree: A Practical Example
46:14 Expanding the Metric Tree for Deeper Insights
49:07 Adapting Metrics to Business Strategy
59:44 North Star Metric Framework
01:05:27 Pirate Metrics and User States
01:12:03 Final Thoughts on Metrics and Strategy