My vision is for somebody to found an org for one 6-18 month project and promise to shutter the org immediately after. Combine this with stellar impact metrics and I think you have a recipe for EA busting out of it’s Not Doing Actual Thing shackles (the impact metrics part is the hard part).
If you shut down the org after 18 months, how will you evaluating them based on impact metrics in any meaningful way?
I was probably assuming third party evaluator. I think the individuals should be free to do another project while they wait for the metrics to kick in / the numbers to come back. I think if the metrics come back and it turns out they had done a great job, then they should gain social capital to spend on their future projects, and maybe return to a project similar to the one they shuttered in the future.
You’re right that this is a problem if the metrics are expected to be done in house!
Metrics are everywhere and always a problem. If the project doesn’t continue and the metrics are used to judge the person’s performance, it’s even more of a Goodhart issue, so I’d be very cautious about judging via known metrics, unless a given situation provides a very good fit.
If you shut down the org after 18 months, how will you evaluating them based on impact metrics in any meaningful way?
I was probably assuming third party evaluator. I think the individuals should be free to do another project while they wait for the metrics to kick in / the numbers to come back. I think if the metrics come back and it turns out they had done a great job, then they should gain social capital to spend on their future projects, and maybe return to a project similar to the one they shuttered in the future.
You’re right that this is a problem if the metrics are expected to be done in house!
Metrics are everywhere and always a problem. If the project doesn’t continue and the metrics are used to judge the person’s performance, it’s even more of a Goodhart issue, so I’d be very cautious about judging via known metrics, unless a given situation provides a very good fit.