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Here, you’ll find resources we create to help teams create, implement, and operationalize No-BS OKRs™ (called Evolutionary OKRs® in some workplaces) to set clear goals, stay focused, and build cultures of growth, learning, and high performance.

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Introducing Evolutionary OKRs
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Introducing Evolutionary OKRs

OKRs are a method for setting collaborative, objectively measurable goals made popular by the book Measure What Matters, which creates enormous excitement about the potential of OKRs, but leaves many teams and leaders frustrating trying to figure out how to implement them.

This episode introduces the Red Currant Collective brand of OKRs: No-BS OKRs (formerly Evolutionary OKRs, still used in some corporate environments). No-BS OKRs are designed to create meaningful change and help organizations transform and actually do better.

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The Goal-ification of OKRs
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The Goal-ification of OKRs

With the recent launch of Microsoft Viva Goals, and Asana Goals, this episode touches on how OKRs are moving more mainstream. We also share why and how — even in casual goal-setting approaches — the term “Key Results” should be treated as a term of art, with a careful definition and usage to preserve the power of Key Results in goal-setting.

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Useful Objectives & Key Results

OKRs are a focus and alignment tool that help organizations organize to achieve greater impact, unlock motivation, increase accountability, reduce wasted effort, and work better together.

Here you’ll find simple step-by-step resources to help you create and implement an approach to OKRs (in the context of your existing methodologies and frameworks) that will actually get used and drive impact.

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The Podcast

Thinkydoers is where we shift out of our heads and whiteboard drawings and work to find language for our thought-work and stories.

Each episode tackles a question, a thought experiment, or a resource intended to help you reduce frustration and friction, and increase satisfaction and flow, in your work.

Courses & Community

Thinkydoers, frustrated change agents, overthinkers, and challengers of the status quo:

You’ve found your people.

Here you’ll find our library of free downloadable tools, results-focused online learning options, and other ways to connect through our communities. Draft Evolutionary OKRs Playbook