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Discuss the book: Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono and the Gates Foundation Rock the World by John Doerr

1) How valuable was this book to you?

2) What is the least valuable concept?

Answer 1

1) How valuable was this book to you?

This book is valuable to me in different ways as follows:-

a) Inspires me by summarizing the worlds revolutionary tech giants own lessons learn, from the true words of mouth by the legends themselves.

b) It enthusias me by explaining the efforts/technique used by the tech giants to overcome the problems they faced and improve their model of business to reach the top.

c) It introduces or elaborates one of the most widely accepted & successful technique of "OKR" (Objectives and Key Results) which is provides frame work for defining and tracking the objective in any company and reap the results.

d) It also teaches me on taking calculated risk to achieve success from the Google's chrome invention stories which is of utmost energy level to aim for the stars.

e) It gives take away on topics like "stretching" which describes the secret behind the great achievers who used OKRs to attain success.

f) I can implement the concepts learned in this book like, OKRs, FOCUS, COMMIT, ALIGN, CONNECT in my own life to grow to higher levels.

2) What is the least valuable concept?

Least valuable concepts are as follows:-

Ditching Annual Performance Reviews: The Adobe Story Adobe affirms core values with conversations and feedback. 17 Baking Better Every Day: The Zume Pizza Story A robotics pioneer leverages OKRs for teamwork and leadership—and to create the perfect pizza. 18 Culture OKRs catalyze culture; CFRs nourish it. 19 Culture Change: The Lumeris Story Overcoming OKR resistance with a culture makeover. 20 Culture Change: Bono’s ONE Campaign Story The world’s greatest rock star deploys OKRs to save lives in Africa.