There is a concept I call drift. Drift means that a process has drifted away from the original […]
Are You Sure You Want to Use OKRs?
The Goal Fits the Team
Beyond the Usual OKR approach Since I first started writing about OKRs seven years ago, I have had […]
Cascading OKRs at Scale
How do you avoid the slow waterfall of goals? A draft of a chapter for Radical Focus 2.0. I […]
The Art of the OKR, Redux
The original “Art of the OKR” was written in 2014. I returned to it as I began […]
Let the Wrong One Go
Clear Feedback and Compassionate Firing The biggest problem with firing is we’re afraid to do it. If you’ve […]
Let the Right One In
Hiring. Everyone says it’s the most important thing you need to get right in your company. And yet […]
Mind the Product Keynote on Teams
My Mind the Product opening keynote on High Performing teams is up. They do a great write up, […]
From the half-bakery: Temporal Landmarks
I am about to start a new habit. I’ve starting writing more and more formal essays, and I […]
Using OKRs to Increase Organizational Learning
This is a draft chapter from the second edition of Radical Focus. It’s coming… eventually. Hopefully soonish. Leave […]
Working the Weekly 1:1
A better approach for the most important meeting of the week There are a lot of work “rituals” that […]