Okr

In this podcast, I explore the importance of focus and alignment through my journey of implementing Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) at a number of different organisations. During our conversation, we discuss OKR successes, challenges, lessons learned, the use of software and how approaches can vary by team and organisation. Giant Talk (Series 7 Episode 16) — An OKR journey with learnings along the way…

Hey there, friends! Today, we’re diving into a super important topic: avoiding watermelon status reporting on projects. You might be wondering, “What’s that?” Well, it’s when a project looks green and healthy on the outside, but it’s actually red and risky inside. Sounds scary, right? Don’t worry, we’ve got you…

As an engineering manager, communicating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to your team is essential for aligning everyone around the same goals and motivating them to achieve them. OKRs are a popular goal-setting framework many organizations use to drive results and measure success. …

At the end of the year I always try to bring all my tasks and issues to a logical conclusion (or close the intermediate stage), as well as to take stock — to look at what was successful and what was not quite. However, it is not obligatory to wait…

The achievement of our goals is often seen as a difficult challenge to overcome. This can be particularly true if we are too focused on the end result rather than the process itself. Indeed, it is important to understand that goals can only be achieved if we focus on the…

Like agile product development, OKRs have evolved into what they are today, company after company. Seeding from an idea that originally came from Peter Drucker, a modified version of Drucker’s concept was introduced in Intel by Andy Grove and called OKRs. Inspired by OKRs at Intel, John Doerr introduced it…

Getting started with anything new is hard. Even more so when it’s related to the big “S”. Strategy. People get worried about capital letter words like that. It’s huge, right? If you get this wrong, the impact is going to be massive and EVERYBODY IS GOING TO KNOW. Well, here’s…

Analysis paralysis in product management can have some serious implications not only for the product but also for the business. What is analysis paralysis though? That’s what we start with in this article before we move on to discussing its negative impact. …

When I learned about OKRs a decade ago, I believed it was a solution to drive focus and alignment that would magically elevate teams and organizations to unprecedented performance. …