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Help Me, OKR Kenobi!
OKRs explained through Star Wars
By Andrew Cedotal ([email protected])
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What are OKRs?
OKRs are goals that you set based on
your manager’s goals.
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When to use OKRs?
In organizations where managers know
what needs to happen…
...but their reports know how to make it
happen.
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Organization-wide Goal:
Conquer the Galaxy
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The organization-wide goal has sub-goals...
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...and each sub-goal is assigned to a specific direct report.
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So what makes a
good goal?
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Can we make this
measurable?
How about...
#1: Measurable.
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Yep, sounds like that
supports “Conquer
the Galaxy!”
#1: Measurable.
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Can we make this both
measurable AND
ambitious? How about...
#2: Ambitious.
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Hey, that would get us
really close to conquering
the galaxy!
#2: Ambitious.
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As your head of weapons
research, I propose we
rewrite this as....
#3: Mostly written by you, not a manager.
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Oh, wow, a
PLANET-DESTROYING
Death Star? Good rewrite;
that is way better.
#3: Mostly written by you, not a manager.
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Keep breaking it down.
Stop when you get to individual contributors.
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Here’s the key:
Your Objectives
ARE
your manager’s
Key Results.
OKRs are recursive, so
everyone is synced around
company-wide goals.