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.
Bottom-up? Or Top-down? What’s the best way to set OKRs?
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.
How-to: At what level should I write my OKRs?
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.
OKR FAQ: Top 10 Questions about Objectives and Key Results
Posted on April 19, 2021.Here are the top 10 questions asked in my recent masterclass on objectives and key results.
90 min Online Masterclass – Objectives and Key Results: Focusing on customer outcomes to drive product alignment, autonomy and agility
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How to get executive buy-in for Agile using two popular product development approaches
Posted on March 29, 2021.One of the most common complaints from teams going through an agile transformation is that their bosses don’t get it. The teams are asked to change how they work but the demands coming from stakeholders and executives continue to demand fixed time and scope commitments. The vocabulary changes but the language stays the same. In … Continue reading How to get executive buy-in for Agile using two popular product development approaches
Do OKRs work with Jobs to Be Done?
Posted on March 15, 2021.Do OKRs work with jobs to be done? They do. Here's how.
OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog
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, as the goal-setting framework is catching on broadly, the anti-patterns have become increasingly obvious. One such anti-pattern I’ve noticed recently is teams reverse engineering their … Continue reading OKR anti-pattern: reverse engineering key results to match your backlog
How to use OKRs to set goals for your professional and personal development
Posted on October 5, 2020.Image credit: https://greatist.com/ A few weeks ago I shared with you the most basic description of Objectives and Key Results -- the goal-setting trend sweeping the business world -- I could come up with. The basic idea is that you set aspirational qualitative goals for your teams, products or business (objectives) and measure whether you’ve … Continue reading How to use OKRs to set goals for your professional and personal development
What is an OKR? A basic guide.
Posted on August 20, 2020.Objectives and Key Results - OKRs. Ask around, and you’ll hear a level of adoption across industries and domains similar to the big wave of Agile adoption in the late 00’s into the 10’s. For a 40-year-old goal-setting framework, OKRs are having quite an impact on the business world. There are increasingly more books on … Continue reading What is an OKR? A basic guide.