What are OKRs?

OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results, a goal-setting framework made popular by companies like Google, Intel, and many fast-growing startups.

• Objective → What you want to achieve. Ambitious, inspiring, and qualitative.

• Key Results → How you’ll measure success. Specific, measurable, and time-bound.

• Initiatives → What you’ll do to reach them. Concrete actions (tasks or habits).

The system is usually run in quarterly cycles, but you can adapt the timeframe to fit your personal or team goals.

Unlike traditional goal-setting, Objectives don’t have to be measurable. They should feel like a direction or vision. The measurability comes in through the Key Results.

How to set up OKRs in Griply

1. Define your Objectives

In Griply, create each Objective as a Goal.

• Example: “Improve my fitness and health.”

• Keep Objectives short, inspiring, and qualitative.

In Griply you can set an optional metric at every goal, but for OKRs you can simply leave the main Goal metric empty. This way, your Objective remains qualitative and only your Key Results carry the measurable part.

Pro tip: Place your Objective under the relevant Life Area (e.g. “Health & Fitness” or “Career”) to see how it fits into your bigger picture.

2. Add Key Results

Inside each Objective (Goal), create Sub-goals for your Key Results.

• Example Key Results under “Improve my fitness and health”:

  • Run 5 km in under 25 minutes

  • Reach 12% body fat

  • Work out 36 times this quarter

Each Key Result should be specific, measurable, and time-bound.

How to track them in Griply:

• Add a progress metric to the sub-goal (e.g. km, %, number of workouts).

• Or link them to tasks and habits that contribute to completion.

Pro tip: Key Results should reflect outcomes, not just activities. For example:

• Bad KR: Go running 3 times per week (that’s an initiative).

• Good KR: Run 5 km in under 25 minutes (clear outcome).

3. Define Initiatives

Your Initiatives are the concrete actions you’ll take to achieve your Key Results.

In Griply, these map to tasks and habits:

• Follow 3 strength workouts per week (Habit)

• Meal prep on Sundays (Recurring Task)

• Book a running coach session (Single Task)

This ensures your day-to-day activity (tasks & habits) directly drives progress on your Key Results, which in turn achieve the Objective.

Pro tip: If you’re not sure whether something is a Key Result or Initiative, ask: “Is this an outcome I want to measure, or an activity that helps me get there?”

4. Track Progress

OKRs only work if you measure them consistently. Griply helps you do that automatically:

• Daily Planner → See Initiatives (tasks & habits) next to your meetings & events.

• Goal Progress → Monitor each Key Result’s metric at a glance.

• Statistics Tab → Review trends across habits, tasks, and completed sub-goals over the cycle.

Pro tip: Check in weekly to update Key Result progress. This prevents surprises at the end of the cycle.

5. Review & Reset

OKRs are designed for short cycles (12–13 weeks is common). At the end of each cycle:

1. Review each Objective and Key Result.

2. Mark which KRs were achieved (and which weren’t).

3. Reflect on lessons learned.

4. Set new OKRs for the next cycle.

It’s okay to not hit 100%. In fact, OKRs encourage setting stretch goals, achieving 70–80% often means you aimed high enough.

Example: Personal OKR in Griply

Objective: Improve my personal productivity

• Key Result 1: Publish 8 blog posts in 12 weeks (Sub-goal with metric: posts)

• Key Result 2: Grow newsletter to 1,000 subscribers (Sub-goal with metric: subscribers)

• Key Result 3: Meditate 30 times (Sub-goal linked to meditation habit)

Initiatives (Tasks & Habits):

• Write 500 words every morning (Habit)

• Schedule weekly newsletter (Recurring Task)

• Block daily time for deep work (Recurring Task)

Pro Tips for Using OKRs in Griply

• Limit yourself to 3–5 Objectives per cycle, focus beats volume.

• Use Sub-goals for Key Results (with metrics), and keep the main Goal metric empty for Objectives.

• Review progress weekly. OKRs only work if they stay visible.

• Don’t confuse Initiatives (tasks/habits) with Key Results. Activities ≠ outcomes.

• Pair OKRs with Griply’s Calendar integration to time-block your Initiatives.