Giant Talk LIVE for the first time
Yesterday, There Be Giants in partnership with Koan brought you Giant Talk LIVE for the very first time. Giant Talk host Lawrence was joined by There Be Giants founder Roger Longden, Brett Knowles of Hirebook and Matt Tucker of Koan for a lively discussion about OKRs in the context of the current worldwide situation. The […]
Who would have thought things could change so fast?
COVID-19 eh? Who would have thought things could change so fast? First off – it goes without saying that all of team TBG are keeping everything crossed in the hope that you and your families are safe and healthy, and continue to be. These are testing times and the more habits and routines we can […]
Please, stop wasting your OKRs (AKA: dispelling some of the myths)
So, here’s the thing; OKRs are supposed to help improve focus, clarify priorities and build alignment, right? I’ve seen them do just that. However, misuse them and they won’t in fact, they could do the exact opposite. I often hear “we’re not doing them right” and “they’re not quite working as planned.” Well, as there’s […]
Guest Blog: OKRs and the culture of progress
This week our guest blog on OKR Culture comes from Mark Greenley. Mark is the Head of Business Transformation at Victoria Plum and a valued client of There Be Giants. Mark is interested in reading and writing about how we can find better, more meaningful ways of working together. OKRs aren’t just about the […]
Leadership team buy-in is absolutely fundamental to success
There is no way to escape it, leadership team buy-in when it comes to OKRs is fundamental to the success of the methodology. “If OKRs as an initiative don’t originate from the top, it’s vital that those leading them enrol senior sponsors who will role model OKRs to the rest of the business. It’s a […]
Giant Talk – In conversation with Joshua Backer
In this week’s episode of Giant Talk – the world’s first OKR podcast, we talk to Joshua Backer of Unified. Unified are a social advertising technology and services company and were one of the earliest partners for Facebook, twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Josh talks about his and Unified experience with OKRs and why they […]
Values and why it’s important not to simply stick them up on your wall
In today’s edition of Giant Talk – the world’s first OKR podcast we talk values and how Spiceworks of Austin, Texas have integrated values throughout their OKRs. Lawrence: Hi everybody. Welcome back to Giant Talk – The world’s first OKR podcast. This afternoon I am delighted to welcome Scott DiValerio from Spiceworks, based in Austin, […]
Talking OKRs down under
Today we talk to Emma Lo Russo of Digivizer all the way from Sydney Australia. Emma co-founded Digivizer in 2010 with her business partner Clinton Larson. In today’s podcast we talk about Digivizer, the growth of the company and OKRs in Australia. Lawrence: Morning everybody welcome back to Giant Talk – the world’s first OKR podcast. […]
Engagement is the starting point, not the end game.
Is engagement your end game? Your holy grail? What if we told you it is actually the first step? Engagement is how you can shift your culture in the right direction – without it, your organisation simply can’t align. The analogy we like is a rowing one: You can have 8 motivated guys in a […]
Creating a culture where OKRs can thrive
Imagine you’re a middle manager in a large multi-national business which has an engineering focus. In fact, the business is one of the largest automotive manufacturers in the world. One day at work you receive a message from your CEO asking you to attend a meeting. You head off to the meeting and when you […]
So you read Measure What Matters and you gave OKRs a go. So, how do you avoid those soggy bottoms?
There’s no denying that Measure What Matters brought OKRs out of the geekdom of tech & software and into the mainstream and, for that alone, I would happily buy John Doerr a beer. 12 months on though, it’s fascinating to see the impact it has had on both the “OKR” marketplace and also for those […]
4 times OKRs rocked our client’s world – Part 2
We promised you part 2 and here it is. Aligning the growth strategy of Digital Bridge Fast growth can be quite destabilising, and this is exactly what Digital Bridge found. Following a period of sustained growth Digital Bridge – a guided design platform provider – needed a focus and a framework to ensure goals could […]