Measure What Matters Summary | John Doerr
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Measure What Matters Summary | John Doerr

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Setting ambitious OKRs often breaks teams. This book summary reveals why Google targets intentional failure. Measure What Matters by John Doerr, the key ideas in 5 minutes. Read, listen and highlight the full summary free: https://read.getstoryshots.com/measure-what-matters 🎧 Get the book, or the audiobook free with an Audible trial: https://geni.us/measure-what-matters 📱 Measure What Matters in the StoryShots app, plus 1M+ more books on demand: https://app.getstoryshots.com/book-summary/measure-what-matters?utm_source=podcast#app 🔜 Follow for one big idea a day: five minutes, one book, something you can use befor...

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Hitting 70% of a stretch goal beats nailing a safe one every time. Measure What Matters by John Doar. Audiobook summary and review by StoryShots. Most companies reward people for finishing what they promised.

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That habit is quietly training everyone to promise less. what matters. How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation rock the world with OKRs. By John Doar argues that the goal-setting system Andy Grove built at Intel, later handed to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1999, fixes exactly this trap.

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Why Most Goal Setting Fails Before It Starts Companies rarely fail from a shortage of ideas. They fail from a surplus of them. Every department has a wish list, and by the time priorities cascade down to an individual contributor, nobody can name the one thing that actually matters this quarter.

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