This is the 8th edition of This is Not Advice, my "not-advice" column for premium subscribers of What Works. Today, I'm talking about <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/taramcmullin/p/metrics-incentives-and-the-seduction?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">our over-reliance on metrics and how easily we're seduced by reductive data</a>. When does a metric turn into an incentive for bad behavior? And why are we so happy to accept the feeling of clarity and certainty without actually understanding what's going on?<a href="http://whatworks.fyi/subscribe">Click here to upgrade your subscription</a> and get the full episode! Or <a href="https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/upgrade-your-subscription-and-support">learn more</a> about becoming a Premium Subscriber.

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Tara McMullin

It's easy to lose your way in the 21st-century economy. The world of work and business is changing so rapidly that you might start focusing more on how to keep up than how to live a meaningful life. What Works is a podcast for entrepreneurs, independent workers, and employees who don't want to lose themselves to the whims of late-stage capitalism. Host Tara McMullin covers money, management, culture, media, philosophy, and more to figure out what's working (and what's not) today. Tara offers a distinctly interdisciplinary approach to the discourse around business, work, and personal growth.

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