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Cascading OKRs: rigid vs. directional

Goal Diggers: OKR, KPIs, strategy, and people management.

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OKRs - Are There Particular People Who Benefit From It?

I think it appeals maybe to folks who initially gravitate to OKRs in the sense that it gives you this illusion of perfect alignments. But another thing John Dorr says in the book is that, or I think you might have been quoting someone else who said micromanagement is mismanagement. When you have this kind of rigid cascading, you are kind of micromanaging and telling everybody exactly what goal they need to do. And so I think OKRs are about simultaneously creating focus and clarity on commitments but also providing that flexibility and different options around execution.

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