When OKRs Measure Motion Instead of Performance:

The Tyranny of Other People’s Rulers: Why Every Metric Carries a Hidden Assumption On March 13, 2026, Paul Ehrlich died, leaving behind a model that predicted a grim future for humanity. In his 1968 book The Population Bomb, mass starvation was…

When OKRs Measure Motion Instead of Performance: OKRs as Gracious and Efficient Failure When Sears tried to reinvent itself, it did what all serious companies do. It hired consultants, modernized dashboards, and introduced OKRs (Objectives and Key Results). Every division received…