Johnnie Moore

Benchmarking and abstraction

Seth's having a pop at benchmarking and I agree with him. It's all too easy to look at numbers and not allow ourselves to explore the richness and subtlety of human experience.
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Johnnie Moore

I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

I see that Seth Godin is pointing out the pitfalls of benchmarking.

We can benchmark our eyesight, our rowing speed, our memory or even our ability to come up with great ideas at a moment

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