Audience
Companies searching for a framework for setting better goals
About It's in the Node
OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results and is a goal-setting method which lets each person in a company add goals and/or initiatives in their work. Each person sets up OKRs, often described as a ”future desired state” (objective) and then lists a set of effects that are needed to achieve that desired state (key results). OKRs are set quarterly and are often made transparent by making them public to the whole company. Updates are made continuous during the quarter, both by the individual holding the OKR (”check-in”) but also by other colleagues and boss (as feedback). OKRs should be set aspirational and is well suited for driving change and engagement in an organisation. OKRs have gained a lot of traction since it is the goal-setting method used by Google which described it as ”imperative to our success”.