<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are helpful for showing how teams contribute to ambitious company goals. Since OKRs intentionally avoid prescribing solutions, it can be helpful to connect them to specific projects.
Here, we recommend using a Whimsical board to explore and define OKRs visually before structuring them in a Notion database, outlined below.
*Whimsical is a platform for shared visual thought. When used in conjunction with Notion, it’s ideal for early-stage thinking about projects and processes to then document in your team’s Notion files.*
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<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" width="40px" /> Use the Whimsical template below to gather ideas for OKRs with leaders in the company. Once you’ve chosen them, either remove or archive this board.
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[Whimsical OKR Planning Template](https://whimsical.com/okr-planning-template-JzySnVsMcnbpkf7c2zgwKr@VsSo8s35VHgu5VXr67kmF2)
Whimsical OKR Planning Template
<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" width="40px" /> Once you’ve defined OKRs, work with individual teams to identify ideas that can influence those results. Teresa Torres’ Opportunity Solution Trees are a great way to quickly connect outcomes, ideas, and projects. Consider making a single Whimsical board with Outcomes → Key Results → Opportunities → Projects for the entire company, or individual boards for each team.
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[Whimsical Opportunity Solution Tree](https://whimsical.com/opportunity-solution-tree-5TEpY2Tpw2uxmiFH61Y2hf@2Ux7TurymMmLk45bkZbt)
Whimsical Opportunity Solution Tree
<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_purple.svg" width="40px" /> As ideas turn into active projects, it can be helpful to connect in-progress work with high-level OKRs set for the company. This is a great way to bring visibility and alignment across the organization as teams work through complex day-to-day decisions.
Try using a Whimsical board to track progress visually, or use linked Notion databases for more structured tracking, like the kind below.
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https://whimsical.com/okr-tracking-board-6zAaNT8vuGXgwB71iGMdUL@7YNFXnKbZAJVZ6HsEtWHa