When the dashboard is green but your gut is red, that is signal. In this episode, Antonio Irizarry breaks down False Green: how good teams quietly edit reality under pressure, why truth arrives late, and how to restore honest performance.

Practice this week: Ask, "What are we calling green that feels red on the floor?" Then make one 7-day action visible.

Follow Compass To Practice for weekly leadership practices, and leave a comment on Spotify with the metric your team should look at more honestly.

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References:

- Goodhart's Law: when a measure becomes a target, it stops being a good measure.

- Campbell's Law: high-stakes metrics tend to be gamed and distort behavior.

- W. Edwards Deming: system causes drive results; avoid managing by numbers alone.

- Amy Edmondson: psychological safety helps truth arrive sooner.

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