Why Goals & Targets Backfire (and What Actually Works)

About this episode

This episode explores the negative effects of goals and targets and introduces the OHLA methodology for fostering experimentation and development in organizations.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER: Diagnosing the negative side-effects of goals and targets.Learning how to drive experimentation, learning, and adaptation in your organization through the OHLA methodology. It offers scaffolding for puzzle-setting and puzzle-solving.How you and your terms can thrive by shifting focus from performance evaluation to performance development.ABOUT RADHIKA: Radhika Dutt is the author of Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter – which introd...

People in this episode

Guest: Radhika Dutt

Topics covered

• goals
• targets
• experimentation
• learning
• adaptation
• performance evaluation
• performance development

Keywords

• Radical Product Thinking
• innovation
• mindset

Mentioned in this episode

Products: OHLA methodology, Radical Product Thinking

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