OKRs Q&A

In this episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Sriraj Mallick, CEO of Infopro Learning & Unlock:OKR. Tim and Sriraj discuss Sriraj’s thoughts about OKRs and how Unlock:OKR came to be. Sriraj also shares with us his insight and analysis of the current market place and his view on where he sees the marketplace evolving over the near term and into the next decade.

This conversation is a lot of fun and we even get to hear Sriraj discuss with us how he personally discovered OKRs and his organization's journey using OKRs.

This episode is packed with wisdom and insight and provides fantastic information for any organization looking to take advantage of something new in the OKR Software marketplace.

To learn more about Unlock:OKR visit https://unlockokr.com

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"This week on the OKRs Q&A Podcast, we are rereleasing an incredible episode with a major industry thought leader and the author of Radical Focus & Radical Focus 2.0 - Christina Wodtke. Tim and Christina discuss the simplicity of OKRs, how to launch a pilot program that works and where to begin with an OKR implementation. Tim and Christina do a deep dive into some of the most complex OKR issues in the world today.

An established thought leader in Silicon Valley, Christina is a “curious human” with a serious resume. Her past work includes re-design and initial product offerings with LinkedIn, MySpace, Zynga, Yahoo! and others, as well as founding three startups, an online design magazine called Boxes and Arrows, and co-founding the Information Architecture Institute. She is currently a Lecturer at Stanford in the HCI group in the Computer Science department.

Christina teaches worldwide on the intersection of human innovation and high-performing teams. She uses the power of story to connect with audiences and readers through speaking and her Amazon category-bestselling books. Christina’s work is personable, insightful, knowledgeable, and engaging.

Her books include Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, Pencil Me In, and The Team that Managed Itself. Her bestselling book is a business fable called Radical Focus, which tackles the OKR movement through the powerful story of Hanna and Jack’s struggling tea startup. When the two receive an ultimatum from their only investor, they must learn how to employ OKRs and radical focus to get the right things done.

To connect with Christina or to get more information on how to become a whole-mind, high performing team, visit http://cwodtke.com/ or Eleganthack.

To purchase Radical Focus - https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Focus-Achieving-Important-Objectives-ebook/dp/B01BFKJA0Y

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"In this episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Billy Pearson, Marketing Manager and OKR Program Manager at Robin.jobs. This is an excellent Case Study in understanding the value of an OKR Consultant within any size organization.

Billy and Tim discuss the ins and outs of Robin.Jobs OKR program, how Tim was able to help Billy and their organization resolve some of their largest OKR challenges and how Tim reinvigorated their OKR program through OKR training with Atruity.

Tim and Billy met when Billy responded to a special ongoing offer that Atruity provides to all subscribers of their newsletter. If you are interested in signing up for our newsletter, click on the link below and get a copy of our E-Book The Seven C’s To OKR Success as well!

https://atruity1.com/seven-cs-to-okr-success-e-book/

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"In this episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Jenny Herald, VP of Product Evangelism for GTMhub.

Jenny and Tim discuss a very broad set of topics including the current state of the OKR market, what's going on in the enterprise space with OKR adoption, Jenny’s personal philosophies on OKRs and the key drivers for OKR success in larger enterprises.

Jenny also discusses some very interesting and fantastic articles/resources in this episode so be sure to check them out at the links below.

To learn more about Gtmhub, please visit https://gtmhub.com

If you interested in working with the Atruity team or downloading our free e-book The Seven C's To OKR Success - click this link: https://linktr.ee/atruity

Additional Articles/Resources

Hybrid Work
https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/06/hybrid-work-is-here-to-stay-now-what

Every company is a tech company (McDonalds & AI)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/business/mcdonalds-tech-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-fast-food.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/26/tech/mcdonalds-drive-thru-artificial-intelligence/index.html

OKR Market
https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/15/rapid-growth-in-2020-reveals-okr-software-markets-untapped-potential/

On Mergers and Acquisitions and OKRs
CONSTRUCTING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT MODEL FOR THE M&A INTEGRATION PROJECT – OBJECTIVES AND KEY RESULTS (OKR) https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/67688/1/URN%3ANBN%3Afi%3Ajyu-202002031952.pdf

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as guidance for successful post-merger integrations https://ma-review.com/objectives-und-key-results-okrs-as-guidance-for-successful-post-merger-integrations/

Balanced Scorecard
https://hbr.org/1992/01/the-balanced-scorecard-measures-that-drive-performance-2

Performance Prism
https://pessoas.feb.unesp.br/vagner/files/2010/03/Aula-11_2010_Adams-Neely-Crowe-_The-performance-prism-in-practice-2001.pdf

Reorgs Happen (Knoster Model)
https://www.camilletalk.com/whilefalse/2015/12/reorgs-happen.html

Measure What Matters
https://www.whatmatters.com/the-book/

Hyper Automation
https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/hyperautomation
https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/hyperautomation

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"In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Brendan Hawke, Red Hat’s Public Sector Sales Director & Branch Manager in Australia. Brendan shares his experiences with OKRs, how they are using their OKR program in regards to sales and how to set customer centric OKRs to improve the selling process. He also discusses the challenges that he and his organization have faced using OKRs and how to overcome them.

To learn more about Brendan Hawke, visit his Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-hawke-8644303a/

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In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt brings back podcast guest Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters.

Tim and Steve discuss the difference between inputs vs. outputs (and what Jeff Bezos’ opinion was on both), Steve’s thoughts on Jeff Bezos's math and judgement based decisions, why Amazon was so obsessed with data and why both Tim and Steve believe in empowering employees to do great things.

Even John Doerr speaks about Amazon and their obsession with inputs and data in his interview with Sal kan. To view this video, check out our resources page (www.atruity1.com/resources/) or view it on youtube at the link below:
https://youtu.be/JYOyI8_r5sY


To order a copy of Steve Anderson’s book The Bezos Letters, click here:
https://www.amazon.com/Bezos-Letters-Principles-Business-Amazon-ebook/dp/B07VD2XMHQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Bezos+Letters&qid=1639057518&sr=8-1

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In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Michael Stemmler, CEO of the Stemmler group. Their discussion includes how The Stemmler Group is incorporating OKR’s into their business solutions, how organizations struggle with OKRs at the onset, how OKR’s evolve in large enterprises and Michael shares his advice regarding north stars and how to successfully implement OKRs.

Michael offers terrific insight, expertise and understanding when it comes to OKRs and successful OKR programs.

To learn more about the Stemmler Group, visit their website at https://www.thestemmlergroup.com

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In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews Anthony Coppedge, Leader of the Global Agile Digital Sales Transformation Team at IBM. Anthony and Tim discuss the sometimes overlooked, but absolutely critical area of an OKR program - the organization's North Stars.

Anthony shares his insight and stories about North Stars and both Tim and Anthony delve into how important northstars are for any organization and the success of an OKR program because with North Stars, you literally cannot have an OKR program.

To learn more about Anthony, visit his Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycoppedge/

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In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Stephanie Meinhardt will be interviewing host Tim Meinhardt on the topic of finding and retaining great talent.

They discuss how OKRs and a solidly run OKR program can play a key role in helping organizations create clarity and how OKRs can help define the organizations, managers and employees priorities, which ultimately assists in the attraction/retention of employees.

This is done through some of the principles of OKR’s because OKRs help to keep everyone engaged, empowered, aligned, focused and ultimately fulfilled. This leads to greater work satisfaction and career visibility, which creates organizational trust, attraction and retention.

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In this exciting episode of the OKRs Q&A Podcast, Tim Meinhardt interviews John Condon, Chief Growth Officer at Dynamic Integrated Services (DIS), a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). John's impressive background makes for a very lively conversation and you will quickly see how his experiences play into his viewpoint on OKRs, the management framework and why OKRs work so well in numerous organizations, including governmental agencies and his own organization - DIS.

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