MBA1238 Must Read: Measure What Matters by John Doerr
The $100 MBA Show
Omar Zenhom
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Heyo! Welcome to the $100 R.M. show your business fuel that gets you through every day with our daily 10 minute business lessons for the real world. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar is at home. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete business training, |
| 0:26.2 | and community online. And today's episode is a must-read episode. On our must-read episodes, |
| 0:31.7 | I share with you a book that has influenced me as an entrepreneur. |
| 0:35.0 | I share with you its takeaways, its insights, and why you should read it too. |
| 0:40.0 | Today's must read is Measure What Matters by John Dewar. |
| 0:44.0 | Measure What Matters chronicles John Dewar's lifelong journey of helping organizations |
| 0:48.8 | implement objectives and key results, otherwise known as OKRs. |
| 0:53.7 | I was interested in this book because I found out that John Dewar has helped companies like |
| 0:58.0 | Google and nonprofits like the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates Non-For-profit, and has helped them transform the way |
| 1:05.1 | they set goals and reach new heights. |
| 1:08.1 | I also liked the idea of objectives and key results rather than the idea of goals. |
| 1:14.4 | What is your objective and how would you like things to turn out? |
| 1:17.4 | In today's episode I'll share with you the insights from the book that show |
| 1:21.0 | how OKR has not only helped companies continuously upgrade and |
| 1:24.7 | track and rewrite their goals but how they also encourage a growth-centered |
| 1:28.6 | philosophy that you can pass on to your whole team. There's a bit of humor in this book as well, |
| 1:34.3 | how the author actually used OKR |
| 1:36.2 | to win back his girlfriend. |
| 1:38.0 | He also shares why Google uses three colors |
| 1:40.6 | to track their goals, and how by using OKR's Google is able to produce a great |
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