I've always thought as this more in terms of strategies and tactics. Theory of Constraints talks about this. The Strategy is what you want to be true, and the T

I've always thought as this more in terms of strategies and tactics. Theory of Constraints talks about this. The Strategy is what you want to be true, and the Tactic is how you do it. Strategies are best communicated as SMART goals, which is compatible with the OKR part. As far as managing, if I'm a manager, I give my subordinate a strategy, and trust them to come up with a tactic that is sufficient to make the strategy true (and I'll be a resource for them and work to keep them unblocked). If a tactic isn't actionable, then it might have several substrategies. This can map well to an org structure.