The Good Indicator Guide

That one line shaped how I approach Monitoring and Evaluation.
Early in my career, I thought good data was enough.
If the numbers were clean and the dashboard looked sharp, I assumed I was doing it right.

But this guide reminded me of something essential:
You can have perfect data feeding a completely useless indicator.
An indicator that isn’t aligned to your system’s real objectives…
An indicator that tells you something technically accurate, but strategically meaningless…
An indicator that gets reported every quarter, but never sparks reflection or change…

Good indicators don’t just measure.

They provoke questions, reveal patterns, and help us understand what to improve, and why.

This short guide walks you through:
↳ How to judge whether an indicator is valid, useful, and worth tracking
↳ Why understanding variation is just as important as what’s being measured
↳ When to use qualitative insights alongside numeric ones

If you’re tired of being buried in numbers that don’t lead anywhere, or if you’re in a position to shape which indicators get used, this is one of the clearest, most honest guides I’ve read.

Read it. Share it. Rethink your indicators.

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