OKRs and rigid performance targets are supposed to help teams focus — but too often, they push us toward short-term wins that chip away at our long-term vision.
In this episode of Wired for Change, host Amy Yee talks with Radhika Dutt, author of Radical Product Thinking, about why conventional goal setting can unintentionally kill innovation and how to replace it with a more powerful approach: puzzle setting and puzzle solving.
We explore:
Why goals can create “vision debt” and performance theater
How reframing projects as puzzles unlocks curiosity and collaboration
Real-world examples from startups, global companies, and regulators
Practical tools to keep products and transformations vision-driven
How to foster psychological safety so teams can question, adapt, and innovate
If you’ve ever hit your targets but felt further from your mission, this conversation will help you move beyond the checkbox and make real progress.
Episode guest: Radhika Dutt – Author, Radical Product Thinking
