OKRs
The popular Objectives and Key Results framework (OKRs) can be a powerful tool, provided it’s understood and used correctly. But how do you write good Objectives and Key Results and, more importantly, how do you stick to them? Browse our collection of OKRs content for lots of ideas and inspiration.
📈 OKRs Focus Week 📉
In November, you joined us for OKRs Focus Week, thank you! Scroll down to explore the content we released each day and more. Delve into actionable insights, expert advice, and keep the conversation going.
📆 Schedule 📆
- Mon 8 November – 📝Prioritised Blog: Four product managers share their different experiences of OKRs in ‘OKRs: Implement well, ensure transparency and drive progress’.
- Tues 9 November – 📝Blog: To maximise the effectiveness of OKRs, teams must connect them to their overarching business strategy. Learn how from Nacho Bassino, Director of Product at XING, about ‘Connecting Strategy to OKRs’.
- Tues 9 November – 📝Blog: Product leader, Federico Iglesias delves into the elements of OKRs in product management, and discusses how they can be utilised best for teams in his post ‘Let’s talk about OKRs’.
- Weds 10 November – 🎧Podcast: In this episode of The Product Experience podcast, ‘OKRs can be simple’, Storm Fagan, Chief Product Officer at BBC, joins our hosts Randy and Lily to talk about implementing OKRs.
- Weds 10 November – 🎤 Prioritised Panel Discussion: In an exclusive panel for Mind the Product members, our experts cover ’Defining your 2022 OKRs’. Watch the recording
- Thurs 11 November – 📝Blog: In ‘A case study: crafting OKRs at Printify’, learn how Printify, a successful, fast-growing tech start-up measured and tested OKRs against the fluctuations of the print-on-demand eCommerce industry.
- Fri 12 November – 🎥📝 Video & Blog: Watch leading product management expert, Roman Pichler, at ProductTank on World Product Day 2021. Roman shares his key insights and advice in ‘OKRs in product management‘.
- Sun 14 November – 🎥📝 Video & Blog: In this Sunday Rewind, we look back to a MTP Engage Manchester talk where Adrian Howard explains ‘How to Write OKRs That Don’t Suck‘.
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Putting OKRs at the Centre - Natalija Hellesoe on The Product Experience
We all know what OKRs are. Most of us use them or have tried to at some point. But it’s a much smaller group that have used OKRs well, and for their intended purpose. Natalija Hellesoe, co-author of OKRs at the Center, joins us on the podcast to chat about taking your practice to the […] Read more »
OKRs: So simple! So then why isn’t everyone using them?
Many of us are familiar with the history of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). When I first came across the methodology in 2013, I was wowed by stories of organisational alignment and focus from the likes of Google, Twitter and LinkedIn. I rushed out to buy John Doerr’s back catalogue. After 7 years of implementing OKRs […] Read more »
How Real Product Teams Make OKRs work: Extended Report
The popular Objectives and Key Results framework (OKRs) can be a powerful tool, provided it’s understood and used correctly. With this in mind, we recently undertook a survey to understand how companies are using OKRs in the wild. Our survey was run in collaboration with Timm Richter, CEO of NEO Culture and former chief product officer at […] Read more »
How Real Companies Make OKRs work: Mind the Product and Neo Culture Investigate
Like all tools, OKRs can be powerful if they’re understood and used correctly and so, in an attempt to help you get the most from the process and to better understand the benefits, effects, and challenges of OKRs, we’ve decided to investigate. In collaboration with NEO Culture, Mind the Product is conducting a short survey, […] Read more »
AMA with Christina Wodtke: Encouraging Autonomy and Writing Awesome OKRs
In this Prioritised AMA, Christina Wodtke – the amazing author, speaker, and lecturer at Stanford, answers questions on her books, how to encourage autonomy, writing OKRs successfully and even reviving them when they’ve failed. If you’re a Prioritised member you can watch again now and read the full recap. Not already a member? Sign up to […] Read more »
How to Write OKRs That Don't Suck by Adrian Howard
Consultant, coach and trainer Adrian Howard has, over the years, seen many organisations attempt to implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), generally in response to a sense that “everything is wrong” and with a hopeful attitude of “these seem simple and clear”. In this MTP Engage Manchester talk, he explains how to write OKRS that, […] Read more »
Using OKRs to focus on customer problems
It’s that time of the year again. You need to set your team’s OKRs (objectives and key results) for the next quarter. What should go in there? What shouldn’t? What are you going to focus on? Here’s a quick look behind the curtain at what we’ve learned while setting them and making it effective at […] Read more »