OKR (Objectives and Key Results)

Definition

A goal-setting framework that sounds strategic until you realize everyone's OKRs contradict each other and nobody hits them anyway.

Example Usage

Our OKRs for Q2 include 'increase customer satisfaction' and 'reduce operational costs,' which are apparently not mutually exclusive in management theory.

Origin

Popularized by Andy Grove at Intel, later adopted by Google and now every startup that watched a YouTube video

Fun Fact

OKRs were designed to be ambitious; companies now use them to set mediocre goals that still miss

Source: Modern Management Methodology

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