Run AOS with OKRs
Keep OKRs.
Run it with AOS.
OKRs are how you set ambition. AOS is how the work happens against it.
About
Measure What Matters by John Doerr. Various (popularized by John Doerr).
01What is different
OKRs
AOS
What it operates
Quarterly objectives and measurable key results, set top-down or bottom-up.
Continuous missions that ladder into the active OKR set automatically.
Cadence
Quarterly cycle. Weekly check-ins. Quarterly retro.
Weekly Friday founder summary. Quarterly OKR rollover is one click.
Cost
Software like Lattice / Workboard / Quantive plus consulting.
$1,000 install. $100/mo hosted. OKR tracking included.
02Where AOS and OKRs align
The shared spine.
OKRs and AOS were built for the same insight: founder-led companies need a system, not heroism.
Both demand a measurable outcome.
KRs are measurable. Every AOS mission has a measurable acceptance bar.
Both work top-down and bottom-up.
Founder sets the O. The agent team proposes the KRs they will hit.
Both refuse vanity.
OKRs reject output for outcome. AOS missions reject anything without a clear acceptance bar.
03Run both. Here is how.
You do not have to choose.
Keep OKRs. Add AOS.
OKRs runs your humans. AOS runs your agents. Founders we work with most often run them in parallel.
01Keep your OKR rhythm. Paste your quarterly OKRs into AOS operating memory.
02Use AOS to track the lead-measure work without a separate OKR tool.
03Quarterly review still runs in your existing software. AOS feeds the data.
FAQRun AOS with OKRs. Common questions
Run AOS with OKRs. Common questions
Yes. Most founders we work with do. They keep their human cadence and let AOS handle the agentic work alongside it.
Legal: AOS is independent. We are not affiliated with John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins, or any OKR software vendor.
Keep your OKRs habit.
Install your AOS.
Twenty minutes to provision. Thousand dollars one-time. One hundred dollars a month on top. Pause anytime.