John Doerr

Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

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  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    Goals may cause systematic problems in organizations due to narrowed focus, unethical behavior, increased risk taking, decreased cooperation, and decreased motivation.
  • Вадим Мазурhas quoted2 years ago
    First, said Edwin Locke, “hard goals” drive performance more effectively than easy goals. Second, specific hard goals “produce a higher level of output” than vaguely worded ones.
  • May Trinandahas quoted3 years ago
    He and Sergey were determined to change the world, and I believed they had a shot.
  • May Trinandahas quoted3 years ago
    If you don’t know where you’re going, you might not get there.
  • May Trinandahas quoted3 years ago
    May everyone have a Bill Campbell in their lives—or even strive to make themselves be a bit more like the Coach!
  • May Trinandahas quoted3 years ago
    good ideas with great execution
  • Moldir Amankulovahas quoted3 years ago
    Ideas are easy. Execution is everything.
  • b0764035782has quoted4 years ago
    goals “can inspire employees and improve performance.”
  • b0764035782has quoted4 years ago
    , said Edwin Locke, “hard goals” drive performance more effectively than easy goals. Second, specific hard goals “produce a higher level of output” than vaguely worded ones.
  • b0764035782has quoted4 years ago
    KEY RESULTS benchmark and monitor HOW we get to the objective. Effective KRs are specific and time-bound, aggressive yet realistic. Most of all, they are measurable and verifiable. ( As prize pupil Marissa Mayer would say, “It’s not a key result unless it has a number.”) You either meet a key result’s requirements or you don’t; there is no gray area, no room for doubt. At the end of the designated period, typically a quarter, we declare the key result fulfilled or not.
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