OKRs require the psychological safety for teams to be wrong and a culture that celebrates the learning they bring from their product discovery work.
OKR Leadership: Without Product Discovery Your Teams are Just Guessing
Posted on April 18, 2022.Setting up goals is the beginning of your OKR journey. The next step is understanding how you, as a leader, must support product discovery.
OKR Leadership: Without trust for your teams OKRs fail
Posted on April 11, 2022.Leading teams with OKRs requires several changes to the way you manage. The first and most important is trusting the team you’ve hired to do their work. Here’s how to start.
How Many OKRs is Enough?
Posted on April 4, 2022.It's easy to add an OKR for every activity. Instead work towards setting the fewest number of goals. Here's how to do it.
The Scariest Design Review of My Life
Posted on March 28, 2022.No designer should ever have to fear reviewing their work with a stakeholder. Here's one story of how it happened to me and what I learned.
Horizontal IT is Why You Can’t Be Agile
Posted on March 21, 2022.It is no longer viable to design your organization around a centralised IT department. It's not agile. It's not customer focused. Here's why.
7 Things I’ve learned from Two Years Working From Home
Posted on March 14, 2022.I've spent the last two years working from home. Here are 7 things I've learned about working and living remotely.
How Do OKRs Work with Big Bang Releases
Posted on March 7, 2022.There are some products that have to be shipped as one big release. This article explains how to make big bang releases work with OKRs.
OKRs are not “Set it and forget it!”
Posted on February 28, 2022.It's tempting to set a goal and never think about it again. It's also a huge mistake. Here's how to avoid doing that with OKRs.
Why are you working on that?
Posted on February 21, 2022.Shared purpose and alignment come from a broad understanding of strategy. Here’s how to help your teams know why they are doing their work.