Vetri Vellore, a serial entrepreneur, has spent years pondering these big questions. Vellore founded Ally.io to make software focused on objectives and key results, or OKRs—a framework to help align employees’ goals to their companies’ broader missions and priorities.
Last year, Microsoft acquired Ally.io, whose OKR tools are being integrated into Microsoft Viva, the employee experience platform; now those tools are called Viva Goals. Vellore joined Microsoft as a corporate vice president—or rather, he re-joined Microsoft, after having worked there for 14 years earlier in his career.
Vellore spoke on the WorkLab podcast about how OKRs can help companies forge a sense of connection and shared purpose among their employees—especially in hybrid work, when people aren’t together in person as often.
Three big takeaways from the conversation:
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