Anyone familiar with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) knows that the heartbeat of this framework is its cadence—how […]
Using Temporal Landmarks for Effective OKRs Adoption
Podcasts of Late
Hello folks, I keep forgetting to mention podcasts I’ve been on lately! check it out: First, a conversation […]
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 […]
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 […]
Book of the Week: The Culture Map
I thought I might try a new series. I read a lot of books, between pleasure and teaching, […]
Beyond OKRs: The Formula for High Performing Teams
Every wonder if there was a better way to form and manage teams? Before I disappeared for the […]
Supercharge Your Team with Effective Feedback
This is part three of a three-part series on high performing teams. I recommend you start with the first two […]
Designing High Performing Teams
This is Part 2 of a three part series on high performing teams. Part one is of Design the […]
Design the Team You Need to Succeed
Part One: Types of Teams Written to sort out my thoughts for my UXDC keynote. If you’d like […]
The Three Jobs of Product Management
No matter how hard and long you work, there are only 24 hours in a day. If you […]