Moving the Needle With Lean OKRs

Foreword

When I read forewords I wonder, who is this person and why should I listen to them? So, here it goes: My name is Christina Wodtke and I wrote the first book on OKRs called “Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results.” Along with Rick Klau, John Doerr, and a handful of others, I’m responsible for OKRs popularity. In fact, OKRs have become so popular, we are beginning to see a backlash against using them, just as Agile and Lean Startup have seen their own backlashes. I’m writing this foreword because I think “Moving the Needle with Lean OKRs” can explain and redeem OKRs, so you can use them to accomplish your most difficult goals.

But wait, you say, what are OKRs? Well, they are a little like SMART ...