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Voices of OKR

Top 3 most common OKR mistakes

OKRs have become highly relevant as organizations are figuring out how to stay aligned while responding to rapid change in the business environment. The goal-setting framework is incredible for staying…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 18, 2020

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Common OKR Mistakes – A Summary

Getting OKRs right is difficult. Although simple in construct, OKRs require commitment, discipline and have wide ranging and transformative ramifications at every level of the organization. Below are some of…

By Bo Pedersen

April 3, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Common OKR mistakes: Too many objectives

First in our series of blog posts dealing with common pitfalls of implementing OKRs in an organization is the one of setting too many objectives. It is advised that no person…

By Ivan Osmak

January 18, 2017

OKR Insights Strategy meets Execution

Common OKRs mistakes: Everyday work as OKRs

One thing we notice with a lot of organizations that just start out with OKRs is that many people just enter their everyday work as Objectives. For example, a digital…

By Ivan Osmak

February 6, 2017

Voices of OKR

Adopting OKRs: 3 lessons we learnt at Notify Technology

How Notify Technology overcame the challenges to OKR adoption and ultimately unlocked the power of the methodology.

By Gtmhub Contributor

August 23, 2021

OKR Insights

Brixton Lore’s OKR in Hobbs and Shaw

Brixton achieves a measly 62.5% progress on his OKR. He demonstrates, even as a superhuman, it’s easy to lose focus on what truly matters.

By Austin Goodwin

July 23, 2021

OKR Insights

Mysterio’s OKR in Spider-Man: Far From Home

Mysterio failed because he was only focused on the output of weaponizing his drones, instead of the outcome, killing Spider-Man.

By Austin Goodwin

July 16, 2021

OKR Insights

Beat the Heat with OKRs: Bruce the Shark from Jaws

Jaws fulfilled one part of his OKR — terrorize Amity Island — but failed on the other (not getting caught).

By Austin Goodwin

July 9, 2021

OKR Insights

The Lion King: Scar and his OKR

Scar achieved 67% progress on his OKR. Ultimately, he Hakuna Matata’d his second Key Result and it cost him his life.

By Austin Goodwin

July 2, 2021

OKR Insights

John Doe from Se7en and His OKR

John Doe's commitment to his horrifying beliefs teach us about the importance of connecting company missions to the day-in, day-out routine.

By Austin Goodwin

June 25, 2021

OKR Insights

Jerry Mouse and his OKR

The question shouldn’t be, “Was Jerry successful with his OKR?” but "Is Jerry Mouse successful as a lovable cartoon character that has tickled funny bones for decades"… "or as a…

By Austin Goodwin

June 18, 2021

OKR Insights

Jack Torrance and his OKR

Your teams operating without a focus on what matters is like Jack at the end of the film: stuck in the maze with no idea how to get out.

By Austin Goodwin

June 11, 2021

OKR Insights

The Joker in The Dark Knight and his OKR

The Joker achieved only 62.5% Objective progress. He failed to reach his goal because of his commitment issues and a lack of plan.

By Jenny Herald

June 4, 2021

OKR Insights

Thanos and his universe-shattering OKR

At 75% progress, Thanos failed to reach his objective. The primary blocker? Even as an all-powerful, all-seeing Villain with the power of the Universe in his hand, Thanos was too…

By Jenny Herald

May 28, 2021

OKR Insights

Killmonger and his OKR

Killmonger achieved only 25% goal progress. He could have benefitted from more satisfied, engaged, and inspired Wakandians supporting his mission and strategy.

By Jenny Herald

May 21, 2021

Voices of OKR

The 5 critical success factors of OKR adoption

There are five critical factors that determine the success or failure of adopting Objectives and Key Results.

By Gtmhub Contributor

May 19, 2021

OKR Insights

Hela and her OKR

Hela achieved 45% progress. However, there were two things that prevented her from reaching her objective: She failed to consider the greatest risk to her achieving her goal. And similar…

By Jenny Herald

May 14, 2021

OKR Insights

Ultron and his OKR

Ultron achieved only 42% Objective progress. He failed to execute his strategy. Let’s review why through an OKRs lens.

By Jenny Herald

May 7, 2021

OKR Insights

Moff Gideon and his OKR

Business downfalls are no different than Gideon’s. Sometimes we map out our plans, execute them, and find out that we come up short in the end because of something unexpected.

By Jenny Herald

April 30, 2021

OKR Insights

Lions and Tigers and OKRs, Oh My!: The Wicked Witch of the West and her OKR

The Wicked Witch of the West learned that she had serial temporary advantage in her world, much like in ours. Her strategy needed a strategy. To win, she needed to…

By Jenny Herald

April 23, 2021

OKR Insights

Sheldon J. Plankton and his OKR

What you focus on matters and if something isn’t working, try something different. Plankton, almost aimlessly, pursues an Objective he consistently fails at without stopping to reevaluate his methodology.

By Jenny Herald

April 16, 2021