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It’s no secret that autonomy is a key factor in employee satisfaction, and since you’ve recruited great people and set clear objectives…

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) may seem a natural fit for a performance management process. The truth is more complicated.

Much has been written lately about Millennials’ and (especially) Generation Z’s desire to work for purpose-driven companies. It may very…

When we launched Koan, we promised managers a new way to foster transparent, constructive conversations with their teams. Fast-forward to…

Every month we gather as a team for the Koan Book Club. This month we read and discussed Turn The Ship Around, about how to inspire and…

Last week, well-known venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote a great post “The Heartbeat” about the rhythm and cadence that great CEOs set…

At Koan, we believe the best goals for a team are ones that can be measured objectively and quantitatively. Regardless of whether your team…

Every month we gather as a team for the Koan Book Club. This month we read and discussed John Doerr’s new book, Measure What Matters, about…

At Koan, we have a large React SPA that makes heavy use of Redux selectors. These make it easy to get data from our Redux store in the…