How to write good OKRs, with examples
Objectives that inspire, key results that measure outcomes instead of activity, and the five mistakes that turn OKRs into a to-do list.
OKR basics
·7 min read·Guide
Blog
Goals, OKRs and how companies really work.
Practical guides for founders and managers: writing OKRs that measure outcomes, aligning them across an org, and running the quarter without drowning in meetings.
Product
Drafting OKRs from Jira, GitHub and your HR system with AI
How OKR.ai uses MCP to turn real projects and teams into a first draft worth editing.
·6 min read·Deep dive
Key results
Key results that add up: splitting one goal across teams
How to break one number into parts that genuinely sum, including ratios and the dependent ones.
·5 min read·How-to
Alignment
OKR alignment vs cascading: how goals should move through an org
Why copying the CEO’s OKRs down every level fails, and what to do instead.
·6 min read·Essay
Process
Running your first OKR quarter, week by week
A 13-week calendar for setting, checking in on and grading OKRs without drowning in meetings.
·5 min read·Playbook
Org design
How companies are organised, and what OKRs each department should own
A field guide to functions and seniority, and how each one should scope its OKRs, with examples for eleven teams.
·6 min read·Guide
Open source
Why we built OKR.ai to be self-hosted
What a goal-setting tool knows about a company, and why that data belongs on your own servers.
·5 min read·Essay
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