Giant Talk: Where Strategy Meets Results

Taking a deep dive into the 3rd theme of TBG's thought leading research paper, Roger and Lawrence explore what the motivations are for people using OKRs and to what extent organisations are managing to fulfil these motivations.

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If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

In this second episode of our special mini series all about There Be Giants' world leading research into OKRs, Roger Longden and I explore Who exactly is using OKRs and what the implication is of this for their uptake within organisations of different shapes and sizes.

Don't forget to download the paper here: therebegiants.com to find out more. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

In this first episode of a special mini-series, I chat to Roger about the incredible research we have just published at There Be Giants.

This research shows how companies of all shapes and sizes have gone about implementing OKRs, what worked, what failed and what lessons should be learnt along the way. It is going to be invaluable for everyone who has anything to do with OKRs.

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

Andrea Puga of Omnia Retail joins me on this episode to discuss the importance of a common goal and pulling together as a team.

Andrea also shares a fascinating insight on how they use feedback surveys coupled with strategic priorities to prepare for each quarterly OKR cycle. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

This week I'm joined by the fantastic Julia Macalaster of the brilliantly named Def Method.

We discuss how and why OKRs can make such a huge impact, even in businesses of less than 50 people as well as having an in-depth conversation about eating toads.

Confused? Take a listen to find out just what I'm talking about. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

For this episode I was joined by Austin Kimm from Crypterium who gave us a fascinating insight into the world of Cryptocurrencies.

This is a market that is changing so quickly that even OKRs can't keep up with how agile they need to be. Austin and I discuss not only how to conquer this challenge, but also how to work in a highly distributed organisation with very contrasting cultural approaches to work. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

In discussion with the awesome RJ Macasaet (COO of Ubiqum) we discuss how OKRs and Agile link together as a force for good. RJ also introduces the concept of 'Adaptive OKRs', a super interesting philosophy that was a new concept even to us...

In discussion RJ mentions a fascinating piece of research he has recently conducted, here is the link to it https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8688864

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

This week we chat with the awesome Shane Walsh of Aquila Commercial to discuss all about how you tell a business is ripe for scaling. Shane tells us about the top 3 characteristics he looks for not only in a business, but in the business's leadership.

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

Delighted to be joined on this episode by the fantastic Alex Ford, VP of Operations at Encompass. Alex joins us to share the story of how she came across OKRs and the journey she took into implement them within her organisation. Expect challenges, pitfalls, lessons and more to be shared as we discuss the path that she followed in ultimately leading the company to high growth with OKRs. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE

This is a rather special episode for us, as we share the story of our Social Scholarship. We are joined by the five young students we sponsored to take part in an Outward Bound course back in July. Henry, Nikita, Georgia, Afshaan & Alisha come from a very low income area of Manchester (UK) and were selected to go on the adventure of a lifetime to learn the life skills necessary to thrive as they enter a crucial time in young adulthood. Take a listen and find out what it meant to them and please do get in touch if you’d like to know more. 

If you have 3 minutes and would like to see how your goal setting/OKRs could have more impact, then why not give our maturity assessment a try?  It’s free, you get your results right away and you can access it HERE

If you’d like to chat OKRs, then why not have a chat with our Founder, Roger?  He’s a massive OKR geek and could talk about them for hours!  You can fix up a call with him HERE