Book Titles

Measure What Matters
How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

By John Doerr

Year Published: 2018
ISBN-13: 978-0525536222
Categories: Measurement, Success

75 Quotes Found

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Transparency creates very clear signals for everyone. – Lazlo Bock

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The cure [to dependencies] is lateral, cross-functional connectivity, peer-to-peer and team-to-team.

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Connected companies are quicker companies.

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When employees align with a company’s top-line goals, their impact is amplified.

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People can’t connect with what they cannot see; networks cannot blossom in silos.

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When people understand your priorities and constraints, they’re more apt to trust you when something goes sideways.

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Studies have told us forever that frontline employees thrive when they can see how their work aligns to the company’s overall goals.

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In God we trust; all others must bring data. – W. Edwards Deming

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…the simple act of writing down a goal increases your chances of reaching it.

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Whenever a key result or objective becomes obsolete or impractical, feel free to end it midstream.

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