If you want to find out why most management information is worse than useless and what you can do about it, then come the the Agile Yorkshire meeting on 13th December. This will be a rare opportunity to experience Dr W Edwards Deming’s famous ‘Experiment with Red Beads’, with someone who first did this experiment with Dr Deming over 20 years ago and has run it many times since then. This is a classic exercise that highlights the dangers of relying on arbitrary targets and performance comparisons in business metrics. Paul will explore how practices such as setting unrealistic KPIs, comparing performance across different time periods (this month vs last month, or this year vs last year), and using misleading metrics like league tables and traffic lights can lead to flawed decision-making.