Measuring behavior change
Your dashboard says green. Behavior says otherwise. What do you measure instead?
Most change dashboards measure activity. Training completion rates, town hall attendance, platform login counts. Activity isn't behaviour. It's what activity looks like before behaviour has changed. The move that matters is from KPIs (activity, outputs, attendance) to KBIs — Key Behaviour Indicators that capture whether the behaviour you said you wanted is actually happening at the moments it should. KBIs are uncomfortable because they're concrete: someone is doing it or they aren't. The pages here are about what KBIs look like, how to choose them so they're observable without surveillance, and how to measure behaviour change without falling back to vanity metrics.
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Why KPIs are not enough for behavior change
Why KPI's are not enough when it comes to Behavior Change...
How to measure and evaluate behavior change initiatives
How can you measure and evaluate your behavior change initiative?
Why 'Outcomes over Outputs' sends the wrong message
Outcomes over Outputs is the wrong message to send to your team.
Data needs to help us understand people and behavior
Data needs to help us understand people, behavior and decision making Organizations keep collecting lots of information, yet they rarely get the outcomes they want for their customers and employees.
Drowning in data.. blind to execution blockers
You're drowning in data..
Why 1 million page views doesn't matter
Getting 1 Million Page Views does not matter - here's why: This story dates back to 2014, however, I think it’s still just as relevant today.
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Also touches on measuring behavior change 5 pages
Other pages where this comes up as a secondary theme.
- 2024-01-17 Can Goal Setting Theory improve how we use OKRs? Note
- 2025-04-20 How can we improve SMART goals for real behavior change Note
- 2025-04-06 Why tracking engagement doesn't reveal motivation Long-form
- 2024-04-10 What is an Outcome vs a Behavior vs an Influence? Note
- 2025-05-22 When messaging hits but behavior misses Note