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Design dashboards for noticing patterns rather than hitting
Design dashboards for noticing patterns rather than hitting targets to prevent Goodhart's Law (metrics ceasing to be good measures when they become targets).
Why This Is a Principle
Directly applies When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good (measures as targets cease being good measures), Measurement of behavior changes the behavior being measured. (measurement changes behavior), and Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance drives consistency). The principle prescribes dashboard design philosophy.