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Troubleshooting Agile

Real Results

Sep 13, 2023
This podcast discusses the importance of setting meaningful goals and fostering collaboration between product and engineering teams. It emphasizes the importance of measurable outcomes and the risks of outsourcing tasks. The speaker also highlights the significance of aligning people on a shared problem and the benefits of productive conflict.
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Quick takeaways

  • Setting outcome-focused results is more effective than task-oriented key results.
  • Objective-setting should feel uncomfortable and risky to foster innovation and optimal solutions.

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Task-oriented Key Results instead of Outcome-focused Results

In this podcast episode, the speaker discusses the importance of setting outcome-focused results rather than task-oriented key results. The speaker examines a group's Q3OKRs and finds that their key results were more like a list of tasks rather than measurable outcomes. They emphasize that key results should represent the theory of what it takes to achieve an objective, not just a list of steps. The speaker highlights that people tend to prefer setting results that are within their control, rather than focusing on the overall desired outcome.

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