For years, we’ve become steadily better at building API platforms, improving governance, security, automation, and developer experience. Yet many organizations still struggle with duplicated APIs, overlapping capabilities, unclear ownership, and competing standards. These aren’t failures of API management — they’re symptoms of something deeper.

API platforms provide a uniquely visible window into how organizations make decisions. Every API reflects choices about business goals, ownership, consumers, and technology. By measuring how well those decisions remain connected over time, we can move beyond measuring API quality alone and begin measuring something more fundamental: organizational coherence.