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Architecting Change: Rethinking goal setting's role in achieving necessary change
Sara Lobkovich Sara Lobkovich

Architecting Change: Rethinking goal setting's role in achieving necessary change

We talk a lot around here about Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and in this episode, we dive into an adjacent topic: the role that goal setting can play in making a case for and achieving important change in our organizations. The audio for this episode is from a LinkedIn Live that I hosted recently (if you'd like to hear about our every-other Wednesday Live gatherings, join our email list). Those Live sessions are geared toward changemaker leaders and strategic implementors within organizations who are hungry for ways to increase change effectiveness, increase employee engagement, and spend more time focused on achievement of their most important priorities.

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How to: Create low-fidelity index measures to fill progress data gaps
OKR FAQ Sara Lobkovich OKR FAQ Sara Lobkovich

How to: Create low-fidelity index measures to fill progress data gaps

We come across a scenario often, when teams are subjectively estimating their progress (overly optimistically), and then missing the mark on their ultimate outcome goals. In the OKR biz, that's a "watermelon metric" scenario: our performance is "green" on our estimated progress all quarter and then flips to "red" when the actual data comes in at the end of the term. Green on the outside, red on the inside = the metric went watermelon….

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The Goal-ification of OKRs
No-BS OKRs Sara Lobkovich No-BS OKRs Sara Lobkovich

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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What we can learn during the annual goals “silly season”
Goals, Thinkydoers Sara Lobkovich Goals, Thinkydoers Sara Lobkovich

What we can learn during the annual goals “silly season”

This time of year is called the "silly season" in motorsports because we're in the literal middle of our racing season AND we're all already operating in the 2023 season: planning partnerships, talent moves, and logistics for the year we won't start for another six months.

Every summer I see something really similar with my corporate clients who set goals annually…

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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.

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