Michael Goitein

7 Key Takeaways To Revitalize Your Enterprise OKR Implementation

Insights from how a 200-Year-Old Bank is running an OKR-Based Digital Transformation Photo by Karolina Grabowska I recently appeared on the “Dreams with Deadlines” podcast and enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation with host Jenny Herald. Jenny had this incredible knack, across the depth and breadth of her experience with industry OKR leaders, to draw out key […]

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Why Creativity, Strategy, And Outcomes Form The Foundation Of Our Most Effective OKRs

Teams will try different things and innovate in order to increase their confidence in moving their Key Result metric. If those Key Results are written as Outcomes, this will lead directly to clients achieving greater success for themselves in ways that also increase value to the organization.

OKRs, product management, strategy
The Core Business Mindset That’s Killing Your OKRs, According To A Leading Strategy Expert

Some thoughts synthesizing Roger Martin’s insights on the pivotal nature of creativity in developing a strategy, together with some of the challenges I’ve encountered coaching leaders over multiple OKR creation cycles

OKRs, product management, strategy
The Real Reason You’ll Miss Your OKRs Again This Cycle

Never confuse setting aspirational Achievement (Outcome) goals with aggressive Activity (Output) goals

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The Breakthrough Stephen Covey Habit Product Managers Can Practice to Radically Increase Their OKR Delivery Effectiveness

Covey’s groundbreaking insight explains that simply by reducing the scope of our Circle of Concern, while at the same time expanding our skills, knowledge, relationships, and refocusing on the things we can control, we can actually expand our Circle of Influence

agile, OKRs, product management