[Verse 1]
Back in the seventies at Intel's door
Andy Grove saw something managers ignored
Annual reviews were way too slow
Missing the pace of how businesses flow
He said we need a better way
To track our goals from day to day
[Chorus]
Objectives and Key Results, that's the O-K-R way
Qualitative dreams with numbers that say
If we're getting there, quarter by quarter
Seventy percent hit rate, that's what we're after
Transparent and ambitious, visible to all
From the C-E-O down to teams standing tall
[Verse 2]
Objectives tell you where you want to be
Qualitative statements, bold and free
Key Results measure if you made it through
Quantitative proof of what you can do
No more yearly plans that gather dust
Quarterly cycles keep up with the rush
[Chorus]
Objectives and Key Results, that's the O-K-R way
Qualitative dreams with numbers that say
If we're getting there, quarter by quarter
Seventy percent hit rate, that's what we're after
Transparent and ambitious, visible to all
From the C-E-O down to teams standing tall
[Bridge]
Cascade it down from the top floor
Company goals become department's core
Teams translate what matters most
Everyone connected, coast to coast
No more silos, no more guessing games
Everyone rowing toward the same aims
[Verse 3]
John Doerr wrote it down in twenty-eighteen
"Measure What Matters" spread the scene
What Grove invented for Intel's fight
Became the framework for companies worldwide
Replace old M-B-O with something new
Shorter cycles and transparency too
[Final Chorus]
Objectives and Key Results, that's the O-K-R way
Qualitative dreams with numbers that say
If we're getting there, quarter by quarter
Seventy percent hit rate, that's what we're after
From rigid annual plans we break away
O-K-Rs are built for today
[Outro]
That's what they were designed to do
Connect your work to something true