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Introduction
The objective of this session is to have a collective map of what we, as a team, believe
[ORGANISATION] focus should be in [YEAR]; what we all feel we must nail next year and should
put a focus on, and resources into, achieving.
● Objective
● Key results
● Roadmap of actions
Concepts:
● Must-do
○ The OKRs that we decide upon are what [ORGANISATION] Must do as opposed to
what they “Should” or “Could” do
○ We’re going to come up with a lot of ideas that are really great and we’ll likely a lot
of them, but this process is deciding what we collectively feel we Must do to achieve
our desired growth
○ Often other ideas generated will form roadmap action points
● Freethinking
○ Everyone's quiet, with 5 minutes to think of new ideas at various stages, adding one
thing per post-it note on marker pens
■ Marker pens enable you to be succinct and clear in your idea due to lack of
space
Roles:
● Co-Ordinator - [NAME]
○ The coordinator is in charge of timings and ensures the session both runs smoothly
and is inclusive
Housekeeping:
Pre-Work
Section Details
Ask the experts - ● Each attendee to complete the Google Form on:
Google Form ○ What they believe [ORGANISATION]’s objectives and
main focus in [YEAR] should be
○ Think what they believe [ORGANISATION]’s biggest
challenges will be and provide two examples in the form of a
“How might we…” statement
■ i.e. “How might we convince customers to choose
us over our competitors”
Familiarisation with ● If possible, read pre-prepared information on this topic provided
OKRs (Objectives
& Key Results)
Schedule
Decision ● Decision maker explains their choice of objective theme that they
Explanation feel [ORGANISATION] must do
(5 mins)
Objective ● Create the wording of the [YEAR] annual objective based on the
Formation chosen theme - this should be an inspirational message to get behind
(10 mins) and not measurable
Key Results - ● Based on the objective we need to formulate measurable key results
Freethinking so come the end of [YEAR] we can say if we met the annual
(15 mins) objective
● Everyone's quiet, 5 minutes to think of new ideas, add one thing per
post-it note on marker pens
● Post-it notes added to the post-it note wall and grouped into themes
● Post-it note wall reviewed
Spot-Voting ● Everyone will have 5 votes, where you can spread your votes out
(5 mins) across ideas or put them all into one
● You can vote for your own
DECISION & BREAK (10 mins)
Goal-oriented ● With our annual objective and key results for how we will measure
roadmap - the success determined, this is the chance to come up with a list of
Freethinking xN (20 possible actions [ORGANISATION] can take to make sure they hit
mins) the objective
● This is the chance to be creative and really think outside the box
● This is repeated for each key result
● Post-it notes added to the post-it note wall under the respective key
result
Wrap up ● Review the outcome of the session; annual objective, key results and
(10 mins) roadmap