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OKRs vs the Balanced Scorecard — Risk-Based Performance Management

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By Andrew J. Smart
In our previous article, we argued that comparing OKRs to KPIs represents a category error—akin to comparing a vehicle with a speedometer. The more meaningful comparison, we suggested, is between OKRs and the Balanced Scorecard: two genuine strategy execution frameworks that occupy the same conceptual space and address the same fundamental challenge for the firm.
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From VUCA to STORM — Risk-Based Performance Management

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By Andrew J. Smart
Why the Old Frameworks No Longer Fit the Exponential Age For nearly four decades, leaders relied on VUCA—Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity—to describe and navigate disruptive environments. Developed by the United States Army War College in the late 1980s to describe the post-Cold War world, VUCA became the dominant framework for understanding turbulent business conditions. VUCA served its purpose well.
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What Are OKRs? A Framework for Strategy Execution in Modern Firms — Risk-Based Performance Management

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By Andrew J. Smart
Consider a question that has vexed senior management teams for decades: why do so many well-crafted strategies fail in execution? Research consistently demonstrates that between 60 and 90 percent of strategic initiatives fall short of their intended outcomes. The strategy may be sound, the resources adequate, and the leadership committed, yet somewhere between boardroom formulation and frontline execution, the thread is lost. This failure is not for want of trying.
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