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OKRs are incredibly powerful, but they can also be incredibly tedious. See 9 ways you can reclaim your productivity by automating the annoying bits of the OKRs process.

Sten Pittet

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A weekly check-in can be a powerful tool to keep everyone aligned, especially in a remote setting. In this post, you'll find 5 questions teams should answer every week, including actionable tips on how to write your answers.

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Turn themes into OKRs in 3 simple steps without breaking a sweat.

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Great OKR dashboards will give you true visibility on progress and make it 10x easier to keep everyone engaged.

OKR Best practices: tips and tools for a successful implementation

OKRs are becoming the standard for setting goals, so how do you go about implementing them?

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OKRs and KPIs may sometimes use the same metrics, but they have a different purpose.

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A single design decision is responsible for 90% of the frustrations with existing OKRs tools

Here's why OKRs are effective

Discover 5 aspects of OKRs that make them an effective goal-setting methodology for teams.

10 reasons why you'll love Tability as an OKRs coach

Many experts agree that OKRs check-ins are the most important part of OKRs. Yet, many teams are still using sub-par tool to track progress on their goals. See 10 reasons why you'll love the switch to Tability.

Yes, you will absolutely need a dedicated platform for your OKRs

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NPS, but for your OKRs: Introducing the Net Confidence Score (NCS)

Net Confidence Score (NCS) is the missing part of OKRs that allows leaders to truly understand how confident teams are in their execution.

Tracking OKRs: how many OKRs per owner?

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Volume vs. velocity metrics

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Not enough routine, too much math: this may be why your team did not update their OKRs

OKRs won't work if your team has to spend hours doing maths to grade the Key Results.

Startups should tackle the AARRR funnel in the RARRA order

Startups have many things to do, and little time to do them. Knowing how to prioritise initiatives can make or break a company.

How to validate a problem

Talking about solutions too early will prevent you from understanding the value of your problem.

Seeing misaligned OKRs? It might be a sign of progress

We shouldn't blame the tools that help us see the chaos in our orgs.

6 tools to help startups collaborate remotely on a budget

We all know about Slack, but what are other tools that can help you collaborate remotely when you're on a budget?

On the importance of pairing metrics

Goal-setting is naturally prone to gamification. But that doesn't mean you should stop having goals! It just means you need some safeguards.

Don't score your OKRs like Google

We can thank Google for making OKRs popular, but you don't have to follow their rules.

Key Result-informed: yes, Key Result-obsessed: no

Don't get so obsessed about Key Results that you forget about your Objectives.

It should be OK to be KO

Empowered teams can only exist if they're allowed to fail

Teams need accountability more than they need OKRs

OKRs without goal-tracking is just a big expensive workshop

How to drastically reduce the cost of decisions

Don't try to be right—it's expensive. Instead, strive to minimize the cost of being wrong.

Want to get more out of your OKRs? Get them out of your spreadsheets

We have specialized tools for everything we do at work, why not your OKRs?

5 resources for outcome-driven teams

There are a few documents that are key to create a culture where outcomes are at the center. Quite often, it simply boils down to extract existing knowledge in a structured way.

5 must-have rituals for Product teams

A lot of meetings could be replaced by emails, but there are a few must-have rituals that will drastically improve collaboration.

Cascading OKRs is bad for startups

Startups need to be focused and flexible. OKRs can help a lot with the former, but they'll quickly stiffen your team if you start cascading your goals.

The Mindset of Outcome-Driven Teams

You can't just throw OKRs in a spreadsheet and expect your team to be outcome-driven. You need first to get the right culture to create an environment where teams can iterate to reach their goals.

What if we treated our OKRs like code?

There's a lot that we can learn from software teams to improve the OKRs process.

Why "Now, Next, Later" roadmaps are better for OKRs

You need to focus on value rather than deadlines for OKRs to be successful. Adopting a Now, Next, Later format for your roadmaps is a simple way to achieve that.

5 tips to make your OKRs team-centric

OKRs can easily be seen as another cumbersome process taking people away from their job. Avoid that by getting your team involved right from the start.

Sten Pittet

Sten Pittet

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5 resources for outcome-driven teams

5 must-have rituals for Product teams

Cascading OKRs is bad for startups

The Mindset of Outcome-Driven Teams

What if we treated our OKRs like code?

Why "Now, Next, Later" roadmaps are better for OKRs

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