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Good plans often make the difference between success and failure. Yet so many organisations are filled with time-consuming, ineffective, demoralising planning processes that have everybody muttering “waste of time” under their breath.
Fear not! We have very special guest Oliver Heckmann—Head of Engineering at Silicon Valley darling Coda and former Google VP—to help set you up for good planning! In this episode, Oliver talks through his “Ten Commandments of Good Planning”. These commandments have been honed through years of hands-on work helping organisations deliver value. Oliver is one of the very best… you don’t want to miss this one.The Ten Commandments of Good Planning
Thou shalt plan both top-down and bottom-up
Thou shalt not plan for the future without reflecting on the past
Thou shalt not blindly copy someone else’s tool or process
Thou shalt not spread planning information across different places
Thou shalt not plan in a separate place than you execute
Thou shalt not confuse Goals with Stretch Goals
Thou shalt not waste time on success metrics when success is obvious, or rush success metrics when success is not obvious
Thou shalt not etch your plans in stone
Thou shalt spend no more than 10% of your time planning
Thou shalt not confuse OKRs with strategy or vision
Episode Links
Oliver Heckmann on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-heckmann-a173082/
Email Oliver to talk planning and OKRs at your organisation: [email protected]
Oliver’s template for hackathons, ideations, awards, and more: https://coda.io/@oliverheckmann
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Good plans often make the difference between success and failure. Yet so many organisations are filled with time-consuming, ineffective, demoralising planning processes that have everybody muttering “waste of time” under their breath.
Fear not! We have very special guest Oliver Heckmann—Head of Engineering at Silicon Valley darling Coda and former Google VP—to help set you up for good planning! In this episode, Oliver talks through his “Ten Commandments of Good Planning”. These commandments have been honed through years of hands-on work helping organisations deliver value. Oliver is one of the very best… you don’t want to miss this one.The Ten Commandments of Good Planning
Thou shalt plan both top-down and bottom-up
Thou shalt not plan for the future without reflecting on the past
Thou shalt not blindly copy someone else’s tool or process
Thou shalt not spread planning information across different places
Thou shalt not plan in a separate place than you execute
Thou shalt not confuse Goals with Stretch Goals
Thou shalt not waste time on success metrics when success is obvious, or rush success metrics when success is not obvious
Thou shalt not etch your plans in stone
Thou shalt spend no more than 10% of your time planning
Thou shalt not confuse OKRs with strategy or vision
Episode Links
Oliver Heckmann on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-heckmann-a173082/
Email Oliver to talk planning and OKRs at your organisation: [email protected]
Oliver’s template for hackathons, ideations, awards, and more: https://coda.io/@oliverheckmann
The Pact
Honour The Startup Podcast Pact! If you have listened to TSP and gotten value from it, please:
Follow, rate, and review us in your listening app
Follow us on YouTube
Give us a public shout-out on LinkedIn or anywhere you have a social media following
Key links
The Startup Podcast is sponsored by UntilNow, a next-generation agency and venture studio https://www.untilnow.com.au/
Follow us on YouTube for full-video episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjm1MTdjysRRV07fSf0yGg
Get your question in for our next Q&A episode: https://forms.gle/NZzgNWVLiFmwvFA2A
The Startup Podcast website: https://tsp.show
Learn more about Chris and Yaniv
Work 1:1 with Chris: http://chrissaad.com/advisory/
Follow Chris on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrissaad/
Follow Yaniv on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ybernstein/
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