Mailbag: What isn't measurable? To hire as exec or not?

This is a mailbag of several different questions I’ve been asked over the past few weeks.

What isn’t measurable?

A friend of mine is interviewing for engineering leadership roles and brought an interesting question into our group chat from one of their interviews, “What are outcomes that you can’t measure with metrics?” For the record, I’m skeptical this is a good interview question, my most generous read is that it’s trying to detect pragmatic, experienced leadership because experienced leaders...