How to make OKRs Lean again
summary
Argues that OKRs got bloated and prescribes Lean OKRs: one company single OKR with 3–4 key results, teams sharing objectives, and a max of 4–5 OKRs for ~150 people. Requires a strategy, baseline metrics and continuous delivery to run experiments, weekly cadence with weekly check-ins (about 50 minutes) and scientific thinking. Gives concrete targets (example: improve matching accuracy 42→85), warns against cascading every KPI into OKRs, and says success hinges on trust, coaching and measurable experiments rather than heavy tooling.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Start
- 3:33IB BUSINESS FINDER
- 5:03The Journey (The road to failing with OKRS...a short fable)
- 6:06Research phase (Getting overwelmed by information from articles, peers and friends.)
- 7:19Select OKR software (Does it also integrate with Slack, Trello, Bamboo...?)
- 8:22Certification
- 10:19Converting every things to OKRS (Without having articulated a clear strategy in the first place)
- 12:21Let's add individual goals (To make the whole mix a bit worse...)
- 13:44Time to start managing those OKRS (The "whirlwind" and the "set and forget" phase)
- 14:55Conflicting priorities (Oh wait...you are also working on that?)
- 16:16Little Progess (Three months later...crickets)
- 17:04The annual performance review (The REAL moment of truth...)
- 18:53The five pitfalls you want to avoid (And how you can overcome them...)
- 19:12Trigger (Choosing the right one...)
- 22:52Preparation (Start with a really clear why)
- 25:26Culture (Learning to trust and empower your teams)
- 28:43Simplicity (Focus on the most important...ONLY)
- 30:21System "Forget about goals, focus on systems instead" -James Clear
- 32:10Making OKRS Lean again (And how you can overcome them...)
