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Dashboards and Metrics

By Bob CummingsJanuary 24, 20111 commentNotes from Bob Cummingsdashboard, Governor Snyder, health, health care, metrics, MiDashboard, State of the State Address

Do you have an altimeter on the dashboard of your car to gauge your altitude? Not likely. This metric doesn’t fit the application.

In his first State of the State address last Wednesday Governor Snyder announced that the Michigan government will have a dashboard to gauge progress in different areas that will be available online for all of us to view. In general, I like this idea. But it’s important not to fall into a “one-metric-fits-all” mentality.

A dashboard has gauges to show the status of something. The dashboard in a car has gauges to show speed, mileage, engine temperature, etc. Mine even shows tire pressure in each tire.

Out of the mouth of babes…

By Bob CummingsNovember 22, 2010Notes from Bob CummingsBible, caring, Christian Science, Corinth Baptist Church, forgiving, God's love, God's will, good, happy, health, Jesus, Jonah, life, loving, Mary Margaret, Nineveh, Thanksgiving

You really gotta check out this video:

(If the video above won’t play, click here to view it on YouTube).

That was Mary Margaret of Corinth Baptist Church telling the story of Jonah from the Bible. In her conclusion (at 8:05 in the video) in her words, God says, “My love is great.” “And it is for all my creatures.”