The Outcomes Thinking Blog
This blog is regularly updated with articles related to OKRs. It will cover more advanced topics. For the basics start here
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Your OKR problem is a strategy problem
When I see a product team ‘starting from scratch’ with their OKRs each quarter, it’s a sure sign that there is an absence of product strategy.
OKRs v KPIs - How they work together
Dogma has crept in to the explanation of Key Results and KPIs. The reality is much simpler and more helpful. This brief article explains why.
Start with why - Leadership and OKR
Outcomes based planning is at its core a discipline that depends on empowerment and devolved decision making. Despite this, great leadership is critical to the successful adoption of the framework. This article will share the leadership behaviours that in my experience, have the biggest impact on success.
OKR and Performance Management
Love and marriage, macaroni and cheese, appraisal time and miserable managers. Some things just go together, so how about OKRs and Performance Management? This article will share my findings on how to successfully blend OKRs and performance management.
What Problems are OKR Solving?
OKRs receive a lot of bad press and bad tweets. Part of this problem is the range of bad OKR advice, but organisations are often confused as to problem they are trying to solve. This article highlights a few of the key reasons for implementing OKRs.