Get your OKRs out of my GEMs – Kathy Keating

I had not heard of this framework for goal setting, but I can share that I’ve struggled mightily with OKRs and only use them in a limited fashion. Goals, Experiments, and Measures is pretty interesting and pragmatic.

This is a failure point I see too often in leaders, and it is exactly where both OKRs and SMART goals break down. Neither framework gives us a path to how to implement these goals. GEMs does.

GEMs put the experiments into the forefront. These experiments clearly define our path to get from A (where we are today) to B (where we want to be in the future).

Creating a clear path, from A to B, is the most important part of any healthy growth process — both for a company and for a person.

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