Episode#11 How do I make OKRs work? -with Radhika Dutt (author of Radical Product Thinking)

OKRs: I hated them, I loved them. They helped me deliver outcomes until they started feeling like a to-do list in disguise. Sometimes I still wonder: are they really worth the effort?

If you, like me, feel all the feels while working with OKRs, we got you!

In the first episode of season 2 of #ToughStuff, I put the one and only Radhika Dutt in the hot seat to answer the big question: “How do I make OKRs work?!”

And trust me, you don’t want to miss this. 

She shares a radical shift: moving away from rigid, number-driven tracking and toward a more flexible, learning-based approach that helps teams truly drive impact.

Here are the key ingredients to the OKR recipe I’m taking with me:

• OKRs alone won’t cut it—you need a clear vision and explicit hypotheses to pave the way.

• Don’t let rigid KRs kill innovation. Cut time spent over-engineering metrics and focus on objectives + hypotheses instead.

• Start within your team’s zone of influence to turn OKRs into a tool that helps you find your best impact.

🎧 Listen in the link above or by searching “Tough Stuff” on your favorite platform.

What’s your OKR story? I want to hear the good, the bad, the ugly. Share your experience in the comments for a chance to be featured in Radhika’s next book. 👇🏻