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Bottoms up with OKRs

2.
I am Whitney O’Banner
Engineering Manager at Medium
Tweet me at @woobanner
Hello!

3.
They got it wrong.

4.
They got it wrong.
(so did the rest of us)

5.
Heard of them?
OKRs

6.
“
OKRs = Overrated & Kinda Right
metrics when you are too early.

7.
YMMV
(your mileage may vary)

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What are OKRs?1

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Objectives and Key Results
1 What are OKRs?

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We will
(objective)
as measured by
(key results).

11.
We will
go viral
as measured by
5k new followers.

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Why use OKRs?

13.
Learn
Big wins.
Why use OKRs?

14.
Learn
Big wins.
Align
Shared
vision.
Why use OKRs?

15.
Learn
Big wins.
Align
Shared
vision.
Quantify
Track
progress.
Why use OKRs?

16.
Tips for better OKRs

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TIP #1
Ditch individual OKRs

18.
Individual OKRs

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Individual OKRs
✘ ✘ ✘ ✘

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TIP #1
Ditch individual OKRs
Use tasks instead.

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TIP #2
Ignore the metrics.

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TIP #2
Ignore the metrics.*

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TIP #2
Ignore the metrics.*
Focus on outcomes.

24.
We will
go viral
as measured by
5k new followers.

25.
We will
go viral
as measured by
more followers.

26.
We will
go viral
as measured by
5k new followers.

27.
TIP #2
Ignore the metrics.*
Focus on outcomes.

28.
TIP #3
Don’t cascade (every) goal.

29.
“
It’s too hard to
make sure all the
goals line up.

30.
Managers overvalue their ideas by
42%
Employees undervalue their ideas by
11%

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TIP #3
Don’t cascade (every) goal.
Go bottoms up.

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Recap

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Recap
◉ Try tasks
◉ Focus on outcomes
◉ Go bottoms up!

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Questions?
You can reach me at
◉ @woobanner
◉ whitney@medium.com
Thanks!