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OKRs vs KPIs
Goals to reach, numbers to watch.
In short
Two complementary measurement frameworks often confused or conflated. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) track the ongoing health of a function — revenue per customer, churn rate, p99 latency — and answer the question "are we still healthy?" OKRs (Objectives and Key Results), popularized at Intel and Google by Andy Grove and John Doerr, are time-bounded goals designed to drive change — they answer "what are we trying to achieve this quarter?" A mature organization runs both: KPIs as the dashboard, OKRs as the steering wheel.
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Multi-LLM Architecture
An AI system architecture that uses models from multiple providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) rather than relying on a single model.
Definition TermNamed Expert
An AI advisor with a stable identity — a name, a domain, a track record of prior positions, and a consistent point of view across sessions — rather than an anonymous model instance spun up per query.
Definition TermOODA Loop
A decision cycle developed by U.S.
Definition TermOpportunity Cost
The value of the next-best alternative that is given up when a choice is made.
Definition TermParadox of Choice
A phenomenon described by psychologist Barry Schwartz in which expanding the number of options available to a decision-maker decreases satisfaction with the eventual choice, increases regret, and often produces no choice at all.
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