This is the presentation that we gave for CAS 2015 in Madrid. Partly theory about OKRs and partly an interactive exercise on making actions and scoring your OKR.

1. OKR’s
Use ‘m or lose ‘m!

2. OKR 101
I will ________ as measured by ____________.objective
key result

3. Objectives are
inspirational
Be Bold

4. How?
⋆ Qualitative
⋆ Actionable by the team independently
⋆ Use the language of the team
Leading questions
⋆ What do we want to achieve?
⋆ What do we want to change/improve?
⋆ How can we contribute to company level?

5. Key results
Are we there yet?

6. How?
⋆ Quantitative
⋆ Observable
⋆ Difficult, not impossible
⋆ Balanced metrics
Leading questions
⋆ Imagine the perfect future
⋆ How can we tell when we reach our objective?

7. Success?
Success is not checking a to do list.
Success is having an impact.
If you complete all tasks and nothing ever gets better,
that's not success.

8. Rule of thumb
2 objectives
2-3 key results
3-5 actions

9. Stretching
Be ambitious in setting goals, but...
Understand you have a breaking point

10. Calculate OKR results
Key Result score
Measure the impact of the actions
Objective score
Average of all Key Result Scores
Target OKR score
=
0.7

11. Company OKR’s - Long term
Team & personal OKR’s - Mid term
Action update & intermediate scoring - Short term
Each level, its own pace

12. The values of OKR’s

13. Set the
true north
Synchronize

14. Transparency
Amplify, don’t control

15. Focus
“What we are NOT doing”

16. Action time!
Let’s put theory in
practice

17. First step: Connecting the dots
- Form teams (3-6 people per team)
- Per team Mix & Match:
- sort Objectives from Key results
- pick one Objective and find matching Key Results

18. Second step: Make progress
Per team
- Choose 1 OKR
- Define ‘Actions’ to obtain success (3-5 per round)
- What can I do to reach my key results?
- Play out your Actions
- Select scoring mechanism
- Score your results

19. Third and final step: Evaluate OKR
Did I reach my OKR, 70% or more ?
⋆ Yes = Yay!
⋆ No = Keep or lose?

20. Workshop impression

21. Use ‘m or lose ‘m
Feedback & Questions on OKR’s?

22. When in trouble...
Petra Liesmons:
petra.liesmons@plunge.be
Kitty Iding:
kitty@agilecocktails.nl