I don't know about you, but I have trouble keeping up with reading every document that is sent to me. So I pick and choose what I read. In scanning the document I saw a section on public and private partnerships, which I read. It was a nice summary of the benefits and advances made on some fronts with getting these types of efforts in place across the nation.
One item I noted was that the report said there is no tool to measure the benefits of these partnerships. While I know measurement is very popular these days across the board, sometimes I think we try to measure too much. Is it really necessary to measure something that you know works? What we are really trying to get at with public-private partnerships is engendering information sharing and trust. I suppose a sociologist has come up with a "trust meter" or tool that can be used. But is it necessary?
If we could measure human emotions and relationships then I'd like to invest in the love meter that could be used between a man and a woman to determine if the other person is "the one."
