> In practical terms, "productivity" is any metric that people with power can manipulate (cheating numbers, changing narratives, etc) to affect behavior of others to their interests.
Metrics can be gamed, and to me this is the deepest flaw in accepting that metrics can even tell something meaningful.
It is a nuanced discussion, and it's not entirely dismissals. It's just that to enter it, one must accept the reason why productivity metrics exist in the first place (even if provisionally, just for the sake of the argument).
> In practical terms, "productivity" is any metric that people with power can manipulate (cheating numbers, changing narratives, etc) to affect behavior of others to their interests.
Metrics can be gamed, and to me this is the deepest flaw in accepting that metrics can even tell something meaningful.
It is a nuanced discussion, and it's not entirely dismissals. It's just that to enter it, one must accept the reason why productivity metrics exist in the first place (even if provisionally, just for the sake of the argument).