Rolf

“The reviews run for three hours, with a dozen senior executives taking their turn. Little time is spent on people’s greens. Instead, they “sell” their reds. The team votes on the most important at-risk OKRs for the company as a whole, then brainstorms together as long as it takes to get the objectives back on track. In the spirit of cross-departmental solidarity, individuals volunteer to “buy” their colleagues’ reds. As Art says, “We’re all here to help. We’re all in the same bathwater.” As far as I know, “selling your reds” is a unique use of OKRs, and one well worth emulating.”
― John E. Doerr, Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

“For an OKR system to function effectively, the team deploying it—whether a group of top executives or an entire organization—must adopt it universally. No exceptions, no opt-outs.”
― John E. Doerr, Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

“I’ll dial what’s on my schedule for today.” Examining the schedule for January 3, 2021, he saw that a businesslike professional attitude was called for.”
― Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?