Dear all,
OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are spreading like wildfire. Someone just called them the 2nd most influential movement in the Palo Alto hills after ‚Love and Peace‘. Or something to the effect.
And for good reason. In our pandemic world many businesses’ resources are increasingly scarce. Survival more than ever depends on focused and aligned execution of a strategy.
As with anything that is adopted at scale by the Silicon Valley, development of OKRs as a method has been rapid. John Doerr‘s seminal 2017 book all of a sudden feels a bit like listening to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Stellar performance, but it may get even better with some remastering.
To that effect this weekend’s reads:
The Art of the OKR, Redux –
Christina Wodtke’s pre-release of her update to ‚The Art of the OKR‘ after six more years of helping companies implement OKRs
Click to view!
Key Takeaways and Learnings from implementing OKR –
Katrien Sterckx real-life testimony of experiences with OKRs in a SaaS scale-up.
A must-read!
Click to view!
12 Reasons for OKRs to Fail–
Yours truly’s LinkedIn post based on our learnings, plus inputs shared by corporate OKR coaches we work with
The OKR materials for our ‘blended consulting’ app are in MVP stage now. If you are interested in checking them out, just drop me a line!
Have a great weekend,
Godehard