Measure What Matters

Posted on 12 September 2018 by John Doerr

The revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, and Uber With a foreword by Larry Page, and contributions from Bono and Bill GatesMeasure What Matters is about using Objectives and Key Results OKRs , a revolutionary approach to goal setting, to make tough choices in businessIn 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly 12 million in a startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky high ambitions, but no real business plan Doerr introduced the founders to OKRs and with them at the foundation of their management, the startup grew from forty employees to than 70,000 with a market cap exceeding 600 billion The startup was Google. Since then Doerr has introduced OKRs to than fifty companies, helping tech giants and charities exceed all expectations In the OKR model objectives define what we seek to achieve and key results are how those top priority goals will be attained OKRs focus effort, foster coordination and enhance workplace satisfaction They surface an organization s most important work as everyone s goals from entry level to CEO are transparent to the entire institutionIn Measure What Matters, Doerr shares a broad range of first person, behind the scenes case studies, with narrators including Bono and Bill Gates, to demonstrate the focus, agility, and explosive growth that OKRs have spurred at so many great organizationsThis book will show you how to collect timely, relevant data to track progress to measure what matters It will help any organization or team aim high, move fast, and excel New Read Measure What Matters by John Doerr For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr This book is bad.The first 18% of the book is simply silicon valley hero worshipping, basically the author bragging about all the cool people he has worked with and why they are so important and genius and surely everything that follows must be of importance because he has worked with important people.This book is nothingthan a bunch of case studies As always with these case studies, they are extremely specific to the companies under observation and you will not learn anything from this t This book is bad.The first 18% of the book is simply silicon valley hero worshipping, basically the author bragging about all the cool people he has worked with and why they are so important and genius and surely everything that follows must be of importance because he has worked with important people.This book is nothingthan a bunch of case studies As always with these case studies, they are extremely specific to the companies under observation and you will not learn anything from this that you can repeat in your own company Most importantly, the book fails to provide any proof that OKRs were what actually drove the companies to success These were all companies that were faced with some existential threat and therefore the management decided what is the most important new metric and then made everyone work long hours in order to meet that metric You can achie...Solid methodology that could be adequately summarized in two pages, padded to 300 pages with self aggrandizement and surface level case studies.I ve worked on the Google campus for 11 years, and have seen first hand the impact OKRs have had on the company John Doerr is single handedly responsible for bringing OKRs to Google He saw before anyone else the transformative power Andy Grove s system from Intel could have at Google, and this book is a great window into those early days John does a great job showing how that early presentation at Google set the stage for so much of the growth and success that came later.Some of the best part I ve worked on the Google campus for 11 years, and have seen first hand the impact OKRs have had on the company John Doerr is single handedly responsible for bringing OKRs to Google He saw...Cool book Read on one breath The book is full of interesting stories of integration of OKR into successful companies and organizations such as Intel, Google, One, Zume Pizza, Adobe, Lumeris, Gates Foundation and others I highly recommend reading OKR , Intel, Google, One, Zume Pizza, Adobe, LumerisCool book Read on one breath The book is full of interesting stories of integration of OKR into successful companies and organizations such as Intel, Google, One, Zume Pizza, Ad...I am a big proponent of written goals with systematic follow ups Otherwise, they are just the dreams in the sky, which might accidentally realize, but, most often, they will not John Doerr presents his approach to goal setting and ways for following them up His system is called Objectives and Key Results OKRs The author s system is solid and, apparently, has been implemented with great success at several outstanding companies like Google.I can t agree with the proclamation that the method I am a big proponent of written goals with systematic follow ups Otherwise, they are just the dreams in the sky, which might accidentally realize, but, most often, they will not John Doerr presents his approach to goal setting and ways for following them up His system is called Objectives and Key Results OKRs The author s system is solid and, apparently, has been implemented with great success at several outstanding companies like Google.I can t agree with the proclamation that the method is revolutionary It is based on a well known goal setting philosophy which stresses on importance of defining a few, challenging, realistic, and measurable goals, which are subject for a continuous follow up That is what, basically, suggested through the OKR method...As an ex Googler, I m quite familiar with OKRs They are a key management tool in the company While they sometime frustrate you, they are your key northstar Having left a few years ago, i do have to say i miss them, and I encourage all companies and founders to instill them.John s...Very disappointing that someone like John Doerr wrote such a shallow book It s extremely vague Never gotten into the details of OKR or the shortcomings of this goal setting system The most detail this b... , OKR Objectives and Key Results 80 OKR4 ,John Doerr, OKR Objectives and Key Results 80 OKR4 ,John Doerr , OKR CEO Intel, Google, YouTube, Intuit,, ,, , Did I learn how to set OKRs No.Did I find out what s the difference between Os and KRs when you choose them No.Do I know how to align departments with non trivial objectives No.Did I understand what to do when things go wrong No.Do I feel confident about doing OKRs now No.Am I inspired about OKRsthan I was when I started the book No.Did I at least heard about how to measure what matters No.Did I learn anything at all from this book Hm I heard empty case studies where people, mo Did I learn how to set OKRs No.Did I find out what s the difference between Os and KRs when you choose them No.Do I know how to align departments with non trivial objectives No.Did I understand what to do when things go wrong No.Do I feel confident about doing OKRs now No.Am I inspired about OKRsthan I was when I started the book No.Did I at least heard about how to measure what matters No.Did I learn anything at all from this book Hm I heard empty case studies where people, mostly Silicon Valley superstars, and sometimes just ex Googlers share their fascination with OKRs Then again, I mostly heard pitching of their latest or even old companies and achievements and how they wouldn t have done it without OKRs I guess what I...I hate to grade this kind of books Any grade from 2 to 5 would be explainable.There is a clear message so simple you can t miss it The OKRs system is better than goals because goals can measure anything and everything, and OKR s focus on measuring what matters and then there are 20 examples of how it works.For me, this book could be a blog post I don t need quotes from Bono to believe this system works, but when I thinkabout it, I d probably forget OKR s and just move one forgett I hate to grade this kind of books Any grade from 2 to 5 would be explainable.There is a clear message so simple you can t miss it The OKRs system is better than goals because goals can measure anything and everything, and OKR s focus on measuring what matters and then there are 20 examples of how it works.For me, this book could be a blog post I don t need quotes from Bono to believe this system works, but when I thinkabout it, I d probably forget OK...

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12 September 2018

John Doerr