Paul Niven has published six books about Balanced Scorecard, strategy, and OKRs, including the recent OKRs for Dummies. In this episode we talk about how the practice of OKRs is evolving, based on our mutual years of consulting experience working with both Balanced Scorecard and OKRs. OKRs have been enormously popular in recent years, but viewing them as a standalone solution doesn't bring the powerful impact we know they can have. Paul offers a  contrarian perspective on  the so-called "common sense" about OKRs. He challenges assumptions about linking OKRs to compensation, budgeting, OKR cadence, the use of AI, and why OKRs should matter at all to senior executives.