The OKR Podcast

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

Former Chief Information & Digital Transformation Officer at Albemarle, Patrick Thompson, shares the keys to success in Fortune building and the importance of lead and lag metrics. The implementation of Workboard at Albemarle and the benefits of accurate OKRs and General AI are also discussed. The significance of getting the CIO involved in strategy execution is emphasized.

The podcast discusses common communication fails in strategy operations, effective ways to communicate for change, and understanding your audience and persuasion. It also highlights the importance of leading by example and tailoring the message to different audiences for successful strategy execution.

Bryan Hope, Director of Unified Communications & Collaboration at VMware, joins Deidre Paknad to discuss the importance of harmonizing Team and Personal OKRs for greater impact, why and how VMware is doubling down on Generative AI to increase productivity and automation for both employees and customers, and how an efficient operating rhythm is the most critical, and often overlooked, component of great strategy execution.

This podcast explores how CarMax leverages OKRs to bring corporate and product strategies to life. It highlights the importance of cross-functional teams, connecting strategy with operational excellence, evolving and organizing digital product teams, managing dependencies, and achieving buy-in from product directors and managers. It also discusses the impact of using Workboard for OKR implementation.

What every executive needs to know about OKRs: The power of learning and iteration and the 6 executive failure modes you can avoid from the outset. WorkBoard CEO and OKR Podcast host Deidre Paknad shares her expertise and advice on this podcast so you can gain the wisdom of hundreds of enterprises that have gone before you to elevate your strategy execution and OKR discipline.Download the companion slides.