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[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@tommysantos14 Not far enough. They need to build new firewalls. New protections. News security against everything that has happened. Then they need to trace the money. Israel. Russia. China. All of it.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@EricLDaugh And I believe none of it.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

"Why does our top performer get the worst reviews?" the boss asked.

I was reviewing their annual performance data.

"Show me," I said.

She pulled up the ratings.
Diana: 2.8 out of 5.
Below average on "collaboration."
Low marks for "team player."

"What's her actual performance?" I asked.

"Exceeded every target.
Landed our biggest client.
Trained three new hires."

"So why the low scores?"

"Her peer reviews are dragging her down."

I scanned the comments.
"Too direct."
"Challenges ideas too much."
"Not supportive enough."

"Let me talk to Diana," I said.

"I used to give honest feedback," Diana told me.
"Said our pricing model was broken.
Got dinged for 'negativity.'"

"What happened with the pricing?"

"They finally fixed it six months later.
After we lost two major accounts."

"What else?"

"I questioned why we needed
eleven approvals for a simple contract change.
Manager said I wasn't being collaborative."

"Are you still giving feedback?"

"No. I learned my lesson.
Now I smile. Nod. Say everything's great.
My reviews are improving."

"But nothing's actually improving?"

"We're making the same mistakes.
Just with better vibes." She chuckled.

I went back to the boss.

"Your review system doesn't measure performance," I said.
"It measures compliance."

"That's not true."

"When was the last time someone
got promoted for challenging bad ideas?"

Silence.

"When did someone get rewarded for preventing a mistake?"

More silence.

"You've trained your best people to stay quiet.
And your mediocre people to stay nice."

A few months later, they redesigned the system.

Added a category: "Constructive Challenge."
Points for identifying problems early.
Rewards for preventing costly mistakes.

Diana got promoted.

"What changed?" I asked the boss.

"We stopped confusing agreement with alignment.
Stopped mistaking silence for harmony."

"And?"

"Turns out our 'difficult' people
were our most valuable.
They actually cared enough to speak up."

Here's the truth about performance reviews:

Most companies don't reward performance.
They reward performance theater.

The person who says the meeting was great
beats the person who says it wasted an hour.

The person who agrees with bad ideas
beats the person who prevents disasters.

You think you're measuring contribution.
You're measuring conformity.

And your best people?
They've already figured out the game.

They're just deciding whether to play it
or find somewhere that values truth over comfort.

[Dusty Noggin @DustyNoggin532]

@wariocolosseum Board of Peace Headquarters

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@elonmusk Can I buy it now and wait to activate it ?

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@GavinNewsom Better warm up the mapping in NJ NY and any other blue state.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@TAMeltzer @OwenGregorian You need to build more. You need to regulate new construction with tax incentives to create a new class of rent stabilization for the next 20 years.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@TAMeltzer @OwenGregorian Freeze the rent. Free this. Free that. He’s well spoken. Doesn’t have a grandfather’s vibe. That’s why he won. Didn’t matter much after you say freeze the rent.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@ryanobles @frankthorp Vote her out.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@elonmusk No shit. Thanks for doge-ing and running.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@Ronxyz00 I’m paying 3.19 in Jersey right now.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@kirawontmiss 0.01

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@RepJackKimble So much for freedom of speech.

[Anderson Cooper 360° @AC360]

"This is arguably the biggest grift in modern history": Scott Galloway, host of "The Prof G Pod" and "Pivot" podcasts, weighs in on new questions about the Trump family's cryptocurrency ventures.

[Complex @Complex]

Deeply unserious times = Generational quote cards

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

Wow @GovKathyHochul takes a bus ride on a Friday when most of the working world is now working from home and say look no traffic.

Stop it. The media praises her but that’s not reality.

Let her do that same ride on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@njburkett7 @lizzynyc89 @MTA @AAA_Travel @RidersAlliance @ABC7NY Now show the none A-list restaurants and ask them how business is? Or a parking garage or two about the reality of are cars coming in or is it just locals?

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@TAMeltzer @GovKathyHochul @AsAmNews What a scam. We all knew this was political hold fire til after the election.

There should be a carve out for residents.

Free entry in overnight entry too.

[FiDi Kids @FiDiKids]

@bluhue123 Nope. It wasn’t a great campaign. It was star studded nothing ness. She didn’t put forth one solid policy. She didn’t combat Rumpers at his levels. She chose poorly for VP too. He didn’t deliver a state, he’s a nice guy but didn’t bring a base.