# With Goals, FAST Beats SMART

<https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/with-goals-fast-beats-smart/>

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## What Jamie wrote

I love this. 

> To drive strategy execution, leaders should instead set goals that are FAST — frequently discussed, ambitious, specific, and transparent.

That also sounds very similar to an effective OKR.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT65: Weekly Thing #65 / Aug 4, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/65/), Notable Links 📌

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