The analytics revolution in basketball has provided a new language for success measurement but also led to behavioral shifts that can obscure true performance. This issue is not unique to basketball; it affects all organizations attempting to measure success.
The analytics revolution would eventually give the sport a language to describe many of Nelson’s instincts. But it also created a new problem, one that’s not just a basketball problem. The moment you pick a number to measure success, behavior quietly reorganizes around that number. Every organization that has ever tried to measure performance faces the same blind spot. Basketball is just an unusually honest place to find it.
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Measuring performance in basketball can lead players to focus on specific metrics, potentially altering their natural instincts and overall game play.
Organizations across various sectors face similar challenges, where the act of measuring success can inadvertently shift behaviors and priorities, leading to blind spots in performance assessment.
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