Ryan Panchadsaram, course instructor. I recently took OKR Certification: Leadership and Goal Setting by Measure What Matters on Coursera. This course was added to the Class Central catalog in September 2022. Why I Chose this Course At Class Central, we recently started setting quarterly OKRs to boost the company’s performance. I previously worked in the banking industry and was familiar with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), but had never heard of OKRs. I decided to find out more by taking thi

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