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How OKRs fuel innovation

Leaders get frustrated when they can’t just point in one direction and get everyone to follow; teams get equally frustrated with inconsistent, unprioritized goals. OKRs (Objective & Key Results) help leaders and teams get aligned and innovate more quickly.

When should you shoot for the moon?

Companies are enticed by stories of firms who pursued a moonshot, risked it all, and won big. And research shows stretch goals can produce outstanding returns, but only if the conditions are right.

Making re:Work work for small businesses

This National Small Business Week, we celebrate the millions of small and mighty businesses who are innovating and driving the economy around the world. Find out what re:Work offers to help you make great people decisions for your company.

The Roofshot Manifesto

Google’s “moonshot factory” is inspiring and ambitious, but there’s a less talked-about route to many of Google’s great achievements -- the consistent, short-term, incremental “roofshots” that make our products better year after year.

Achieve your resolutions using the science of temptation bundling

If you’re trying to figure out how to stick to your new year’s resolutions consider “temptation bundling”, the idea of only allowing yourself to do something you enjoy, perhaps reading trashy novels, while doing something you know you should do, like exercising.

Superpowers at work: OKRs

Objectives and Key Results — the process by which leaders and their teams set ambitious, measurable goals each quarter — are a critical component of how Google’s leaders managed Google’s growth from day one.