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OKR Leadership: OKRs are not task lists

Posted on May 8, 2022.

If your teams' OKRs are turning into lists of tasks to complete that's a red flag that you're asking the wrong questions.

Posted on May 2, 2022.

The biggest change a leader has to make if OKRs are to succeed is to stop telling their teams what to do.

Posted on April 25, 2022.

OKRs require the psychological safety for teams to be wrong and a culture that celebrates the learning they bring from their product discovery work.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Posted on January 3, 2022.

You can laud the idea and still be critical of the implementation. That is the true spirit of Agile. Here’s how I came around to this idea.

Posted on December 27, 2021.

Can you practice OKRs in regulated environments, in multinational corporations and with leaders who don't give specfific goals. In short, yes.

Posted on December 20, 2021.

Objectives and Key Results offer a new opportunity for user experience and design work to make a powerful impact on our products and services