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July 15, 2025

The Benchmarking Mistake That’s Holding Back Your Inclusion Work

You’re the average of the five people you compare yourself to. Did it ever occur to you that you’re comparing yourself to the wrong people?

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In This Episode We Cover

  • Why starting with borrowed benchmarks sets you up to fail.
  • How to tell if a benchmark is applicable to your setting.
  • How to choose benchmarks that inform decisions.
  • Bad Benchmarks Start With Bad Comparisons \"A benchmark that reflects their priorities won’t help you track your progress.\"
  • \"A benchmark that reflects their priorities won’t help you track your progress.\"
  • Insight is more valuable than performance scores. \"What would we do differently if this number changed?\"
  • \"What would we do differently if this number changed?\"
  • Benchmarks must help you steer, not just score. \"If it doesn’t help you decide what to do next, it’s not useful.\"
  • \"If it doesn’t help you decide what to do next, it’s not useful.\"
  • Progress You Can Prove – The new programme mentioned in the episode
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