If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it

"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it".

If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It

Start of the lab: 2006 Size of the lab: Currently ten—size has fluctuated between five and 20 Research field: Systems and synthetic biology In 2005, I was working in the bioinformatics group of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a subsidiary of DuPont. The company was downsizing its research and development effort. At the same time, synthetic biology was emerging as a new discipline, and I wanted t...

If You Cannot Solve The Problem, Change It! Techniques For Effective Problem Design

Clients often turn to consultants for assistance with problems that are complex or seemingly unsolvable. In our experience, however, we find that in many cases, much of the difficulty comes from the way the problems are framed. In this article, we offer some specific techniques for not just finding problems, but for proactively designing them to be more actionable and solvable in the first plac...

How to Measure Legislative District Compactness If You Only Know it When You See it

The US Supreme Court, many state constitutions, and numerous judicial opinions require that legislative districts be “compact,” a concept assumed so simple that no definition is offered other than “you know it when you see it.” Academics, in contrast, have concluded that the concept is so complex that it has multiple theoretical dimensions requiring large numbers of conflicting empirical measur...

See What You Cannot See

DU. A national study of chronic disease prevalence and access to care in uninsured U. Engelgau MM. Self-management education for adults with type 2 diabetes: A meta-analysis of the effect on glycemic control. The health status of patients of a student-run free medical clinic in inner-city Buffalo, NY. Insuring the uninsured: A student-run initiative to improve access to care in an urban communi...