An objective sets the direction of travel.
Key results define the results you need to achieve your objective.
And all that remains is to state the steps up front to achieve a result.
Often an act that requires telepathy, redundancy, guesswork, or a level of fixing that would make even Seb Blatter blush.
What to do?
Set learning goals that encourage exploration. Steps are only helpful if you can remember where they took you.
Understand the conditions required to keep your promises before you fix deadlines.
Rather than pretend you know, accept you don’t and improvise to find new ways of working with unknowns.