[Verse 1]
There's a leader with good intentions
Wants to guide her team with care
But the template on her screen demands
Three objectives sitting there
She knows the code, she knows the sales
But engineering's not her game
Still the format won't accept
Just one goal beneath her name
[Chorus]
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Fill the boxes, bridge the gap
When you don't have three to say
You'll invent them anyway
Structure makes you overdirect
Crowd out what the experts select
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Don't fall into that trap
[Verse 2]
Quarter after quarter comes
Nine to fifteen things to track
Key results for each objective
Expert knowledge that you lack
What should be their one big focus
Gets diluted in the noise
When the template calls for more
You surrender expert choice
[Chorus]
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Fill the boxes, bridge the gap
When you don't have three to say
You'll invent them anyway
Structure makes you overdirect
Crowd out what the experts select
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Don't fall into that trap
[Bridge]
Structural overdetermination
That's the fancy word they use
When a tool creates direction
That you never meant to choose
Restraint gets punished by design
One goal feels like you don't care
So you manufacture priorities
Just to fill the boxes there
[Verse 3]
Sometimes less is really more
Sometimes one goal is enough
Let your experts set the course
Don't dilute with extra stuff
Fight the urge to fill the form
Question what you really know
Better one authentic aim
Than three objectives just for show
[Final Chorus]
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Fill the boxes, bridge the gap
When you don't have three to say
Step back and walk away
Let your experts take the lead
Give them what they really need
Three objectives trap, trap, trap
Don't fall into that trap
[Outro]
The format's not your master
Your judgment is the key
Sometimes the best objective
Is to set your experts free