Benchmarking means copying the practices of industry leaders, not setting goals

Evidence

Benchmarking refers to the practice of a firm or agency undertaking internal reforms on the basis of studying and then importing the practices of other, more successful firms or agencies. In other words, benchmarks are set by industry leaders, and benchmarking represents the process of non-leaders understanding, distilling, and then implementing the practices that make those leaders successful. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 263

Categorization

• DEFINE: Corrects the common misreading of benchmarking as merely goal-setting; it is imitation of industry leaders.
• XREF: connects to: Technological innovation is pushed from behind, not pulled toward a goal — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 394; Value is not inherent in things but achieved through capitalization practices. — Kean Birch, Rethinking Value in the Bio-economy:…, 28

Broader Connections

• Technological innovation is pushed from behind, not pulled toward a goal #complicates (0.75) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 394
• Value is not inherent in things but achieved through capitalization practices. #expands (0.70) — Kean Birch, Rethinking Value in the Bio-economy, 28