Keep Up the Momentum

Let me be the first to congratulate you on completing the OKRs 101 course.

These lessons contain much of the most valuable advice that Ryan and I pass along to our Kleiner Perkins portfolio companies and other organizations that we work with.

OKRs are all about looking ahead. They’re about the future.

I’m confident they can help you achieve your most audacious goals.

In my experience, it’s rare that an organization magically excels at OKRs overnight. The important thing is to stay the course and keep going.

Carry on what worked well. Be thoughtful about what didn’t work. Try a different approach in the next cycle.

Three important points:

• First, the most successful organizations adapt OKRs to their culture and their values. There is no one right way to do OKRs.
• Second, it takes time to build your goal-setting muscle. Countless teams have told me it’s well worth the effort.
• Third, your organization’s needs are going to change over time. OKRs can help you with these transitions.

When used well, they’ll help you reap some huge rewards: Focus. Alignment. Commitment. Tracking. Stretching. Those are just the facts. F-A-C-T-S.

Why am I “all in” on OKRs? To be honest, it’s because our world is crying out for improvement. We’ve got urgent work to do on climate, healthcare, education, and a host of other challenges.

I invite you to join our conversation and our OKR movement. A growing community at WhatMatters.com is making OKRs work for themselves and their organizations.

Ryan and I are eager to support you as you deepen your understanding of OKRs.

OKRs give us the framework to turn ideas into action. Now go and measure what really matters.

Make great things happen for yourself, your team, and your organization.