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You Are Measuring the Wrong Thing: A Manager's Guide to Systems Thinking

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Ousmane Diallo
Aug 05, 2025
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The Question That Changes Everything

Imagine a critical project misses its deadline or a team fails to hit its quarterly target. For most managers, the instinct is to ask a simple, direct question: "Who is to blame?" This question, rooted in a century of traditional management practice, sends leaders on a hunt for individual culprits, leading to finger-p…

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