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Practical insights on OGSM and strategy execution
No theory for theory's sake. These articles come straight from our experience helping hundreds of teams turn plans into results.
How to run an action review that moves things forward
Picture a familiar meeting. Twelve people around a table. One by one, everyone reads out what they’ve been doing. Heads nod. Forty minutes in, some...
Doing, learning and adjusting: how to keep your plan alive
Picture this: the kickoff was great. The team spent two energizing sessions building the OGSM, the plan fits on one page, everyone left the room mo...
OKR vs. OGSM: what's the difference?
“We already use OKRs. Isn’t OGSM the same thing?” We get this question a lot, and it’s a fair one. Both methods connect ambition to measurable resu...
Three things that make OGSM work in practice
OGSM is simple. One page, four building blocks, a steady rhythm. You can explain it in five minutes.
OGSM: a concrete plan on one page
How long does your organization spend on the annual plan? Weeks, usually. And how often do you open that plan after February? Exactly.
Write an Objective your team can steer by
The Objective is the first thing you write in an OGSM, and the one you’ll come back to most. It’s the ambition at the top of the page: where do you...