objectives and key results

OKR Anti-pattern: Sandbagging your key results

Posted on February 7, 2022.

Teams that sandbag their OKRs set easily achievable goals. Here’s why this stifles innovation and what you can do about it.

Posted on October 18, 2021.

Planning work with OKRs exposes the uncertainty in software-driven business planning. Here's how to deal with it.

Posted on September 20, 2021.

If we're going to set new goals with OKRs, we need to change how we measure the performance of our teams. Here are 6 ways to do that.

Posted on September 13, 2021.

Objectives and Key Results can do a lot of things. One thing they can't do is determine your strategy. Here's how to reconcile OKRs and strategy.

Posted on August 16, 2021.

There is a lot of confusion around the terms output, outcome, impact and KPI. Here is what each one means and how they relate to each other.

Posted on July 12, 2021.

Don’t assume that telling your teams what their OKR goals should be is the best approach. Here’s a better way.

Posted on July 5, 2021.

Here's how to set the proper level for your Objectives & Key Results so you can set goals your team can achieve.

Posted on April 19, 2021.

Here are the top 10 questions asked in my recent masterclass on objectives and key results.

Posted on March 15, 2021.

Do OKRs work with jobs to be done? They do. Here's how.

Posted on February 15, 2021.

I work with teams around the world every day helping them implement objectives and key results. I’ve written about OKR here a lot over the last few years and now, … Continue reading OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog