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Take a quick read of our thoughts on everything OKR; whether it’s Culture, Performance or OKR opinions that you’re looking for then you’ll find it here

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Why OKRs are not your “silver bullet”.

by Roger Longden | Apr 15, 2019

Values

A recent post written by Craig Kerstiens called “OKRs Aren’t Going to Fix Your Communication Issues” recently popped up on my radar. To be honest, I couldn’t agree with him more. This is why OKRs cannot be seen as your “silver bullet”. This may sound…

Building OKR alignment and engagement

by Roger Longden | Apr 14, 2019

alignment, engagement, People

Introducing our resident employee engagement experts – Rencai A word from their Founder, Matt Wilden While not large in employee numbers, the Rencai team are driven to deliver value for each client as we support them in taking a People-Centred approach to improving business performance.…

Podcast #3: A Q&A on All Things OKRs

by Roger Longden | Apr 08, 2019

OKR Podcast

In this episode we get to hear more of Roger’s dulcet tones as we talk about some of the nitty gritty around Objectives and Key Results

Podcast #2: Making People Awesome and Businesses Purpose Driven

by Roger Longden | Apr 08, 2019

OKR Podcast

In this episode we’re delighted to be talking to the founder of There Be Giants, Roger Longden.

Spotify Blog 2 : How they nail their process

by Lawrence Walsh | Mar 26, 2019

Values

How many of you have started your business, had one awesome team that was perfectly aligned and harmoniously in sync, thought to yourself “This is awesome, let’s expand and conquer the world – WE’RE READY!”, taken on more staff, developed more teams and then have…

The role of OKRs in performance management

by Roger Longden | Mar 21, 2019

Goals, OKRS

There’s no denying that performance management (objectives, evaluations, the annual appraisal) has been dysfunctional in most organisations for many years.  Typical annual cycles don’t allow for the agility demanded by the volatility, uncertainty and opportunity of the modern economy.  Science also tells us that appraisals…