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OKR what they are and which software to use to manage them better<\/h2>\n

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OKR what they are? The acronym of Objective Key Results. They are used both as an effective tool in Management By Objectives<\/strong> (MBO) and as a privileged channel to communicate where the organization is going and what milestones are needed to get there.<\/p>\n

Having already dedicated an in-depth guide on what OKRs are<\/a>, I will use the time you want to dedicate to this new article on Objectives and Key Results to understand how the main world organizations<\/strong> use them for their strategies, or what are the mistakes OKRs to avoid and which, conversely, are the best practices.<\/p>\n

Finally, to offer those interested the opportunity to use the OKR methodology, I made a ranking among the 3 best OKR management software<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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OKR what are they, who invented them, and who uses them?<\/h2>\n

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Objective Key Results are a methodology for defining and managing objectives<\/strong>. The OKRs are born from the combination of two very characterized elements: the objective<\/strong> (O), also very ambitious, which marks the final direction, and the key results<\/strong> (KR), concrete and measurable, which indicate where we are and if the road is right.<\/p>\n

But to whom do we owe the formulation of this methodology? And which companies and organizations use it? We talk about it right away in the next chapter.<\/p>\n

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What are OKRs: from Google to conquering the world<\/h3>\n

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To explain the OKRs what they are today, I would like to start from the beginning, that is, who invented the OKRs. The concept of goal and key outcomes was devised in the 1970s by Andy Grove (CEO of Intel) but owes its popularity to John Doerr<\/strong>, one of the first Google backers.<\/p>\n

It is Doerr himself in his book “Measure What Matters<\/a><\/em>” to tell us how OKRs have become the methodology of management by objectives in the then startup Google. 1999, Palo Alto, Larry Page<\/strong>, and Sergey Brin<\/strong>, two ‘dropouts’ from Stanford, want: “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

Organizing the world’s information and making it universally accessible and useful: is the flag of Google and Doerr invests 11.8 million dollars<\/strong> in this very ambitious goal-setting. During a meeting with the founding team – which in addition to Page and Brin also included Marissa Mayer, Susan Wojcicki, and Salar Kamangar – Doerr introduces to Google the OKR philosophy<\/strong> to build a business planning model, measurable by 3 key results:<\/p>\n