Measurement Quotes

“In space there are no seasons, and this is as true of the ships that cross the distances between humanity's far-flung homes. But we measure our seasons anyway: by a smile, a silence, a song.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Conservation of Shadows

“When left alone, quantum particles behave as multiple images of themselves (as waves, really), simultaneously moving through all possible paths in space and time. Now, again, why do we not experience this multitude around ourselves? Is it because we are probing things around us all the time? Why do all experiments that involve, say, the position of a particle make the particle suddenly be somewhere rather than everywhere? No one knows. Before you probe it, a particle is a wave of possibilities. After you've probed it, it is somewhere, and subsequently it is somewhere for ever, rather than everywhere again. Strange, that. Nothing, within the laws of quantum physics, allows for such a collapse to happen. It is an experimental mystery and a theoretical one. Quantum physics stipulates that whenever something is there, it can transform into something else, of course, but it cannot disappear. And since quantum physics allows for multiple possibilities simultaneously, these possibilities should then keep existing, even after a measurement is made. But they don't. Every possibility but one vanishes. We do not see any of the others around us. We live in a classical world, where everything is based on quantum laws but nothing resembles the quantum world.”
― Christophe Galfard, The Universe in Your Hand: A Journey Through Space, Time, and Beyond

“Be very careful when you judge another human being. Do not measure anybody strictly based on the bad you see in them and ignore all the good. Be wary of any man who intentionally ignores another man's record of deeds or work history simply to impose their own agenda. Such a man's judgment lacks merit and should be disregarded immediately. Without a conscience, there is no truth in them.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Wisdom is not measured by age ,
Intelligence is not measured by grades ,
Personality is not measured by what others say”
― O.Z "Osama Alzoubi"

“There is no greater suffering than constantly measuring yourself and coming up short, except perhaps the realization that your suffering is hurting others. But where do we learn these things? Because, really, they are learned. We don't come crying out of the womb because of our birth weight or because we have no money in this brand new world. We learn to measure and we learn to attach our self-worth to those measurements.

These patterns we're stuck in aren't just painful for us, they're also distracting us. Every day, the gap between rich and poor grows while the people of developed societies do nothing, because we are too busy worrying about looking good. We're distracted, but not because we've chosen to be. Being distracted by our illusory inadequacy keeps us from changing the world. And believe me, we all have the power to change the world. If we only make the time. If we only free some head space.

If you can't learn to love yourself for yourself (and how could you with such a paradoxical motivation?)... then do it for us. Do it for the world. We need you. We need your mind. We need your attention. We need your thoughts.

Change your focus, and you will (not can, but will) change the world. You already matter. You just have to realize it for yourself.”
― Vironika Tugaleva

“Selecting the right measure and measuring things right are both art and science. And KPIs influence management behavior as well as business culture.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master: Unleash the Digital Potential of It

“Time therefore is the measurement of life”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The yardstick that we frequently use to determine if something can be restored is based on the handful of inches that we bring to the process, when God shows up with an infinite amount of miles.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Impressive technological development makes us capable of measuring almost everything, but measurement error problems still remain.”
― Eraldo Banovac

“The goal of agility measure is to keep track of the most value-driven factors to lead business success.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Strategic-operational KPIs alignment gives the organization a powerful tool to use when implementing change.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Sometimes it is difficult to different between leaders and misleaders. However, with the measurement of true service to mankind, the evidence is very clear!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“The measures themselves are easily distorted to suit reporting purposes.”
― John Seddon

“If organizations measure the input to the strategy implementation, but not the output, it’s a recipe for disaster.”
― Pearl Zhu, CIO Master: Unleash the Digital Potential of It

“It’s probably better and more accessible to measure change readiness rather than change progress.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight: Change as an Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation

“Whatever the measurement system is, it needs to be consistent, repeatable and as unbiased as possible.”
― Pearl Zhu, Change Insight: Change as an Ongoing Capability to Fuel Digital Transformation

“Amani ya moyo ndicho kipimo cha mafanikio yetu.”
― Enock Maregesi

“The height of your success will be measured with reference to the depth from which you started.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“Metric is part of transparent visual management allowing pulling.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“The goal of measurement is to not only do things right but do the right things and continuously improve doing that.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“The real purpose of performance indicator is to provide business insight and monitor the progress and performance.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“The use of KPIs is meant to improve and transform the organizational performance.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Any individual indicator can be a lead or lag indicator depending upon the context and explanatory model chosen.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“A true Net Performance Score will take into account many aspects of a typical customer engagement.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“IT metrics need to evolve to something that matters to the business audience; at the same time that “business sentiment” needs to get put into something more tangible.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“One of the biggest pitfalls for performance measurement is to measure the “part” with ignorance of the “whole.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Keep strategy management and performance management synchronized to accelerate digital transformation.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“The innovation indicators vary depending on who is doing the measuring, and how they are measuring. It’s contextual.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Don’t just play the number game, but connect the contextual dots and focus on the overall business objectives.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance

“Every measure selected should be part of a link of cause-and-effect relationships, and ultimately affect the growth and long-term perspectives of the organization.”
― Pearl Zhu, Performance Master: Take a Holistic Approach to Unlock Digital Performance