Our target is to kill two people

What could possibly make an organisation have a target that involved two people being killed.  The Audit commission (RIP) is the answer.

I am developing a balanced scorecard with a Fire and Rescue Service and, obviously, they want NO deaths of injuries from fires.  The typical number of deaths in their region is two or [...]

Trusting staff to develop and provide measures for you

Do you trust your staff?

A post on the PMA forum reminded me of a conversation I once had with a client’s middle management team. It was during the balanced scorecard measures design workshop.

I suggested they talk to their staff about the measures and targets and even use some subjective measures.

They back peddled [...]