Running Successful OKR Workshops
Introduction to Part 2
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Now that you’ve identified your single Objectives and the KRs to identify whether you’ve achieved them, it’s time to think about a system for achieving them. Having no system is a bit like most New Year resolutions: great ambitions that quickly fade away in the midst of our busy lives.
Forget About Goals for a Moment
In his book, Atomic Habits, James Clear says: “Forget about goals, focus on systems instead” (Clear 2018, 23). What he means by that is that we can use OKRs to describe the result we want to achieve. Only describing your OKRs won’t bring you very far. Putting systems in place to be the vehicle for OKRs ...
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