What is an OKR and where can I get one?

Jumping the hype-train: outcome versus output based working using OKR's

Jos de Weger

8 minute read

To be blunt: when I first encountered the term OKR, which stands for Objectives and Key Results, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. To me it sounded like a bunch of management mumbo-jumbo, which basically boils down to setting goals with corresponding KPI’s, as @mattbarcomb was silently whispering on twitter. The thing is, although he is probably more right than wrong, it doesn’t really matter much. Because the new language and super-simple format still helps focus, alignment,…