The popular narrative surrounding Google's Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) gets a dark twist: an alleged strategy to trick rivals into adopting a system built to cause failure. Yet, an incredible case study from inside Google Chrome’s history reveals a different reality, showing how even a leader like Sundar Pichai wrestled with massive initial misses against high targets before ultimately shattering expectations years later. This fascinating exchange moves beyond that anecdote, as Radhika Dutt, author of Radical Product Thinking, dismantles the limitations of traditional goal-setting for today’s fast-moving environments. She puts forward OLA—a fresh structure built on puzzle-solving and continuous learning—as the necessary antidote to performance plateaus and the subtle dangers of vanity metrics. A must-see look behind the curtain of corporate goal-setting and modern product philosophy.
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