Originally published in Boxes and Arrows May 6th, 2014. I realized recently I never published this here, on my […]
How to Make a Concept Model
Picking a Market
In the Creative Founder, students are paired semi-randomly, and then spend a semester trying to get to product-market […]
What is a Market?
This is the first of a series of essays for my class, The Creative Founder. Follow our progress […]
The Three Jobs of Product Management
No matter how hard and long you work, there are only 24 hours in a day. If you […]
GUEST POST: A Map from Goals, Around Assumptions, Through Tasks, Towards Results
As I prepare for the fall semester, John has kindly agreed to a guest post, sharing some of […]
One Objective to Rule them All
@cwodtke Would you recommend that a company has only one top level objective? — Lukas Dryja (@nizm) August […]
Why Key Results Need to Be Results
If you know nothing about OKRs, please start here: Art of the OKR. Or buy my book, Radical Focus. […]
Beyond the Slide
It’s 2006, and I’m sitting in the office of my pal Rasmi’s company, Uzanto. We’ve been chatting about […]
In Praise of Q&A
At a recent conference, I ran into the organizer at the first coffee break of the morning. She […]
NEW: Report on OKRs from O’Reilly
Introduction to OKRs is free on the O’Reilly site. If you’ve read my book and blog, much will […]
Product as Hero Storyboard
Long time readers know I am completely obsessed with story architecture, and use it in many things: writing (of […]
Tracking and Evaluating OKRs
Two weeks before the end of the quarter, it’s time to grade your OKRs, and plan for the […]
The Secret to a Great Presentation
The class I teach is called “Story,” and the first assignment was to give a “TEDette.” I defined […]
Why Use OKRs?
Ben Lamorte, coach at okrs.com, tells this story[i] “My mentor and advisor, Jeff Walker, the guy who introduced […]
The Only Silver Bullet
It’s a beautiful day on the baylands, and I’m walking along, looking at the tall golden grass and […]
The Myths of Product Management
There have been a bunch of articles lately from designers on product management in the Silicon Valley. It’s […]
Getting Started with OKRs
Just like new technologies, methodologies can suffer from the hype cycle. OKRs are no exception; I’ve met a number of […]
A Library of Visual Thinking
Over the last two years, I’ve deeply committed to working visually. I’ve sketchnoted talks, used visual stories to […]
The Timing of OKRs
If you have looked over my radical focus OKR approach and are ready to put into place OKR’s, you’ll […]
A Meeting to Set OKRs
Setting OKRs is hard. It involves taking a hard look at your company, and it involves having a […]
Performance Reviews & OKRs
One of the most common questions I get about OKRs is “How can I use these for performance […]
How to Choose
I’m overwhelmed. You are probably overwhelmed also. The last week, it’s been my inbox. I’ve got so many […]
Why Design Needs Entrepreneurship (and Entrepreneurship Needs Design)
In my opinion, there are two conversations that are a waste of time. One is “should designers learn […]
My Warm Gun Talk on OKRs
Is up! Enjoy!
Why We Can’t Get Things Done
UPCOMING! Tuesday I have a virtual seminar on OKRs! Sign up now to join me. We all have […]
Execution is Everything
Every published writer has had it – the people who come up to you and tell you that […]
The Sunday Report
I’m going to try something new here, and round-up the cool stuff I found each week while doing […]
Cascading Your Objectives and Key Results
In 2014, I was working with startups and this was fine. it is not fine now, and I […]
The Extra-Chunky Internet
When I first read Malcolm Gladwell’s Ketchup Conundrum in 2004, I knew it was important to the work […]
What do I call this thing?
Since I started blogging and speaking about OKRs and how to use them, it’s been clear that OKRs […]