A leading indicator predicts something about the future, e.g. an OKR of cutting spend predicts that you will indeed cut spend. When you set a new OKR it will take a while before it shows results—it leafs ahead of them.
A lagging indicator is the result of something that took place in the past; 99.99% uptime over the last year indicates you probably had some good practices in place (redundancy etc). If those practices were to change, it would take some time for the kpi to actually change—it lags behind.
A lagging indicator is the result of something that took place in the past; 99.99% uptime over the last year indicates you probably had some good practices in place (redundancy etc). If those practices were to change, it would take some time for the kpi to actually change—it lags behind.