🕯️ Advent of Insight · Day 20 – Measuring What Matters
Data should serve direction, not dictate it.
Data should serve direction, not dictate it.
A reflective summary of Advent of Insight Week 1 — seven small sparks on clarity, focus, boundaries, decision-making, and the power of slowing down.
In complex systems, clarity begins with knowing what to ignore.
Limits aren’t obstacles—they’re the frames that give ideas form.
The North Star metric was meant to bring clarity and alignment — one guiding light to steer decisions. But somewhere along the way, every team, product, and feature wanted its own. This post explores how multiplying “North Stars” turns strategy into noise, weakens focus, and creates illusionary alignment — and what it takes to bring real coherence back.