Start Less, Finish More: Building Strategic Agility with Objectives and Key Results

CUT THE COMPLEXITY OUT OF STRATEGIC PLANNING

Alexander the Great conquered Phrygia in 333 BC by winning a challenge to undo the Gordian Knot. Rather than spending hours figuring out how to untie it, he drew his sword and sliced it in half, unraveling it instantly.

That's the essence of the agile mindset in business.

The combination of uncertainty and complexity make it unproductive, if not impossible, to chart the best course of action three to five years in advance. Yet that's exactly what traditional strategic planning demands. Strategic agility is knowing where you want to go while remaining open and flexible about how you get there.

Start Less, Finish More shows you, step-by-step, how to spend less time planning and more time doing, iterating and adapting your strategic plan using OKRs - the goal setting method that built Silicon Valley.