The OKR Podcast
WorkBoard
The OKR podcast is a podcast for leaders who want to unlock their full organization's growth potential, leveraging the OKR technique and other cutting-edge strategies.While many recognize the power of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to accelerate outcomes and foster a growth and outcomes culture, there is a dearth of information on how to do them well and reap their full benefit. That’s where this podcast comes in! We’ll help you learn to align and measure results pervasively, manage fast to grow fast, and, most importantly, achieve the powerful objectives you’ve identified. Episodes will feature topics such as: establishing executive OKRs, team alignment, results accountability, data-driven decision making, growth strategy, leading for speed, and other topics.To learn more about OKRs please visit - https://www.workboard.com
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Oct 10, 2024 • 45min
Operational Excellence for CEOs
In a captivating discussion, Erik Huddleston, CEO of Aprimo, shares his expertise on operational excellence and strategic execution. He emphasizes the importance of structured operating models and integrating Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) into everyday practices. Erik highlights how a disconnect in meetings can undermine strategic goals and advocates for transparency and collaboration to foster a culture of continuous improvement. He also explores the role of leadership in aligning operational practices with larger organizational objectives.
Sep 24, 2024 • 39min
CEO Conversation on AI Opportunities & Friction
Tina Murphy, CEO of GHX and innovator in healthcare supply chain solutions, discusses the transformative implications of generative AI in the healthcare sector. She highlights the gap between executive enthusiasm and workforce readiness for AI adoption. Topics include overcoming employee fears about job security and fostering AI fluency within organizations. The conversation also covers using AI to enhance productivity and decision-making while managing dependencies and improving communication in teams. Tina emphasizes leadership's role in promoting effective technology integration.
Jun 24, 2024 • 36min
Aiming High with OKRs at Boeing
Tiffany Christner, Chief of Staff - Cloud Platform and Engineering at Boeing discusses how WorkBoard, the OKR framework, and consistent operating rituals create a safe space for her organization to collaborate on driving aspirational outcomes.
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Mar 6, 2024 • 25min
The Power of Cadence
Explore the proactive use of OKRs to drive success through lead measures and strategic alignment. Learn about orchestrating execution, managing performance, and the efficiency of short meetings. Align key results weekly for adaptive decision-making and successful outcomes.
Feb 21, 2024 • 38min
Performance vs. Performative Culture
Join Joel Neeb, VP of Execution and Transformation at VMWare, as he shares insights on cultivating a genuine performance culture. He delves into the critical alignment between CEOs and CHROs and the pivotal role of middle managers in strategic success. Explore how generative AI can refine outcome measurements and the urgent need for companies to adapt since 2020. Joel discusses overcoming operational inefficiencies and enhancing cross-functional collaboration to foster authenticity and accountability in performance, moving beyond mere compliance.
Jan 24, 2024 • 28min
Manager Effectiveness: Are Your Managers Equipped to Execute Strategy Today?
Deidre Paknad, WorkBoard CEO, discusses the signs of unprepared managers in a dynamic world. Managers need to exhibit effective behaviors, adapt to continuous change, and lead strategy execution. Equipping managers with tools like OKRs and generative AI helps drive performance.
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Jan 10, 2024 • 45min
Change as Usual with Jonathan Smart
Sooner Safer Happier author Jonathan Smart joins Deidre to talk new ways of working, minimizing time to learning, and maximizing time to value. Don't miss this excellent discussion on value streams and OKRs and why this pivot is important now. (Learn more in Jonathan's book, Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility.)
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Dec 27, 2023 • 25min
Strategy Execution in a Fast-Changing World
The podcast discusses the challenges faced by leaders in a changing world and the shift to iterative strategy execution. It emphasizes the importance of transparency, collaboration, and an iterative mindset. The episode also explores the significance of learning, measuring, and embracing the messiness of strategy execution, as well as the role of generative AI in accelerating decision-making.
Dec 13, 2023 • 15min
Leading & Leaning Forward
3M President Steve Shafer discusses the power of his forward-facing management model and the clarity, urgency, and focus it creates in his Automotive & Aerospace Division. He avoids the reactive trap that backward facing reporting and management cause and creates the conditions for success and simplicity.
Nov 29, 2023 • 40min
Why Focus Makes All the Difference
In this episode, John Glander, Senior VP at JP Morgan Chase, and Duncan Hawksbee, Director of Strategic Execution at Trimble, sit down with WorkBoard CEO Deidre Paknad for a conversation before a live audience of strategy execution professionals at the Accelerate 2023 conference. Both share their organizations' very different OKR journeys and the profound insights they've gained on how to improve enterprise strategy execution. Their wide-ranging conversation covers why focus makes all the difference for a successful program, how one CEO's "rule of 3" made focus possible, and why leaders must adopt new strategy execution tactics before asking others to do so.
