Is Your System Killing Your Evaluation Strategy?
About this episode
Vanessa Milara Alzate discusses how system alignment, rather than individual mindsets, is crucial for effective evaluation strategies.
In this episode of the Kirkpatrick Podcast, Vanessa Milara Alzate makes a bold claim: your evaluation efforts aren't failing because of your model, your data, or your people. They're failing because of your system. Vanessa reframes the perennial conversation around leadership alignment and evaluation by shifting the focus to system alignment — the processes, tools, incentives, reporting structures, and governance that either enable or block behavior change. Drawing on James Clear's Atomic Habits framework and her own experience building consistent workout and wellness habits, she illustrates how even the most committed people can't perform consistently inside inconsistent systems. Key takeaways from this episode: • Systems — not mindsets alone — determine whether evaluation sticks. If your system rewards activity over outcomes or tracks completion instead of performance, it's designed to fail. • Four common system failures: disconnected processes, misaligned measures, no feedback loops, and undefined ownership of behavior change. • Governance isn't bureaucracy. It's the clarity that answers who owns what, what gets measured, and how data drives decisions. • Kirkpatrick…
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