3 customisable OKR examples for Critical Thinking
What are Critical Thinking OKRs?
The OKR acronym stands for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal-setting framework that was introduced at Intel by Andy Grove in the 70s, and it became popular after John Doerr introduced it to Google in the 90s. OKRs helps teams has a shared language to set ambitious goals and track progress towards them.
Crafting effective OKRs can be challenging, particularly for beginners. Emphasizing outcomes rather than projects should be the core of your planning.
We've tailored a list of OKRs examples for Critical Thinking to help you. You can look at any of the templates below to get some inspiration for your own goals.
If you want to learn more about the framework, you can read our OKR guide online.
Building your own Critical Thinking OKRs with AI
While we have some examples available, it's likely that you'll have specific scenarios that aren't covered here. You can use our free AI generator below or our more complete goal-setting system to generate your own OKRs.
Our customisable Critical Thinking OKRs examples
You will find in the next section many different Critical Thinking Objectives and Key Results. We've included strategic initiatives in our templates to give you a better idea of the different between the key results (how we measure progress), and the initiatives (what we do to achieve the results).
Hope you'll find this helpful!
1. OKRs to enhance critical thinking skills
Enhance critical thinking skills
Read and summarize 5 books known for enhancing analytical skills
Select 5 books renowned for developing analytical skills
Read each book thoroughly and attentively
Write comprehensive summaries for each book
Solve 30 brainteasers to apply critical thinking techniques
Apply learned critical thinking techniques while solving
Find 30 challenging brainteasers online or in books
Practice and solve each brainteaser meticulously
Complete a comprehensive critical thinking course by attaining a certification
Find a reputable online critical thinking course
Complete all course requirements and receive certification
Dedicate regular study time for uninterrupted learning
2. OKRs to enhance my critical thinking for improved decision making
Enhance my critical thinking for improved decision making
Attend a critical thinking workshop to learn new problem-solving techniques
Register for a selected workshop that fits the schedule
Attend the chosen critical thinking workshop fully
Research available critical thinking workshops in the local area
Solve five complex logic puzzles weekly to increase analytical skills
Allocate specific time daily for puzzle-solving activities
Identify and select five complex logic puzzles each week
Review completed puzzles and analyze results weekly
Complete two books on critical thinking and decision-making strategies
Select two books on critical thinking and decision-making strategies
Write summaries or notes from each book
Dedicate daily reading time to finish the books
3. OKRs to strengthen and broaden critical thinking skills
Strengthen and broaden critical thinking skills
Complete 3 distinct, comprehensive problem-solving exercises per week
Allocate specific time for each exercise's completion
Evaluate and review the problem-solving process weekly
Choose three unique, complex problems to solve each week
Read and critically analyze 2 new academic or scientific articles per month
Thoroughly read each article
Write a critical analysis of each article
Select two academic or scientific articles
Attend 1 workshop or seminar on logic or reasoning each month
Research upcoming workshops or seminars on logic or reasoning
Schedule the event into your personal calendar
Register for one event of interest each month
Critical Thinking OKR best practices to boost success
Generally speaking, your objectives should be ambitious yet achievable, and your key results should be measurable and time-bound (using the SMART framework can be helpful). It is also recommended to list strategic initiatives under your key results, as it'll help you avoid the common mistake of listing projects in your KRs.
Here are a couple of best practices extracted from our OKR implementation guide 👇
Tip #1: Limit the number of key results
The #1 role of OKRs is to help you and your team focus on what really matters. Business-as-usual activities will still be happening, but you do not need to track your entire roadmap in the OKRs.
We recommend having 3-4 objectives, and 3-4 key results per objective. A platform like Tability can run audits on your data to help you identify the plans that have too many goals.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability-insights-board.e70f9466.png)
Tip #2: Commit to weekly OKR check-ins
Don't fall into the set-and-forget trap. It is important to adopt a weekly check-in process to get the full value of your OKRs and make your strategy agile – otherwise this is nothing more than a reporting exercise.
Being able to see trends for your key results will also keep yourself honest.
![Tability Insights Dashboard](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/checkins-graph.b2aec458.png)
Tip #3: No more than 2 yellow statuses in a row
Yes, this is another tip for goal-tracking instead of goal-setting (but you'll get plenty of OKR examples above). But, once you have your goals defined, it will be your ability to keep the right sense of urgency that will make the difference.
As a rule of thumb, it's best to avoid having more than 2 yellow/at risk statuses in a row.
Make a call on the 3rd update. You should be either back on track, or off track. This sounds harsh but it's the best way to signal risks early enough to fix things.
How to turn your Critical Thinking OKRs in a strategy map
Your quarterly OKRs should be tracked weekly in order to get all the benefits of the OKRs framework. Reviewing progress periodically has several advantages:
- It brings the goals back to the top of the mind
- It will highlight poorly set OKRs
- It will surface execution risks
- It improves transparency and accountability
Most teams should start with a spreadsheet if they're using OKRs for the first time. Then, once you get comfortable you can graduate to a proper OKRs-tracking tool.
![A strategy map in Tability](https://tability-templates-v2.vercel.app/_next/static/media/tability_strategy_map.2ad25843.png)
If you're not yet set on a tool, you can check out the 5 best OKR tracking templates guide to find the best way to monitor progress during the quarter.
More Critical Thinking OKR templates
We have more templates to help you draft your team goals and OKRs.
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OKRs resources
Here are a list of resources to help you adopt the Objectives and Key Results framework.
- To learn: What is the meaning of OKRs
- Blog posts: ODT Blog
- Success metrics: KPIs examples
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