{"id":1070,"date":"2026-04-07T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1070"},"modified":"2026-04-12T17:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T17:05:52","slug":"kpis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/?p=1070","title":{"rendered":"KPIs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Success in business is 
carefully defined,
measured, tracked, reported 
and then iterated upon.

Return on Investment
is validated through the
identification of
Key Performance Indicators.
KPIs are the heart of ROI.
ROI is the life force of growth.

Beyond the Boardroom, 
however, \"KPIs\" can be 
evalutated in different,
yet just as important ways.

For instance, take the variant:
Key Perks and Inclusion.<\/em>
Capture this essential indicator 
for sustained progress in many ways:

How earnest are 
your colleagues' tutorials?

What goodies and generosities
get you in the door each day?

How many voices are heard
in presentations to leadership?

How welcoming 
are your departments?

How feasible are your 
performance expectations?

What percentage of employees 
feel safe and respected?

How many forms 
of complementary caffeine 
and refreshments 
are made available?

What is the ratio of leaders to staff
who live the stated corporate values?

How clear are your cultural norms?

How many people are willing 
to offer guidance and clarity?

How traceable 
is the DNA of the 
company's origin story 
to its current trajectory?

These kind of KPIs
are the real metrics 
for longer term success \u2014
inherent trust and motivation.

Sound values in action
make bandwidth for innovation.
In turn, that creativity 
delightfully drives up the EBITDA.

Kindness is a KPI.
Valuing humans for all
their nuances and potential
is, demonstrably, good business.

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\u201cKPIs,\u201d a reflection on what matters for long-term business success. Written April 07, poem 097 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. “Emotions Math,” a calculation of facial expressions and feelings. Photo by Diana Ludwick (c) 2026. Drawings by Maddy B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[441,577,587,38,583,292,584,576,579,582,585,11,581,586,578,575,580,571],"class_list":["post-1070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-poetry-challenge","category-poems","tag-april","tag-business","tag-caffeine","tag-community","tag-creativity","tag-culture","tag-curiosity","tag-kpis","tag-metrics","tag-people","tag-perks","tag-relationships","tag-roi","tag-snacks","tag-success","tag-trust","tag-values","tag-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1070\/revisions\/1090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dianaludwick.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}