I Love the Batting Average Analogy, Right?

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I love the batting average analogy. And this is something that we really need to push inside organizations. How often do you want someone to be right? You know, micro decisions, but you want them to be fail-fast correct. Like Andy Jassy when Bezos was there, and you said, hey, I want you to be right. Now that's nearly 100% of the time if you're going to bet over $1 billion of our money.

Jason and Eiso share their love-hate relationship with OKRs and discuss the pedantic nature of setting objectives and how they ultimately help to align and empower organizations. They talk about setting and tracking goals, the often performative nature of OKRs, and the dangers of abstracting oneself away from the product you’re building.

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