The OKR Podcast

Zuora CEO Tien Tzou and Deidre discuss the inverse relationship between a company’s growth and its alignment. As a company scales up, alignment on outcomes often goes down -- the strategy doesn't trickle through the new layers and most people get further from customer. Zuora's OKR program reconnects people to the outcomes they drive for customer and company; it's unlocking growth and unleashing the power of teams for this high-growth SaaS company.  In this podcast, Tien talks about the shift to an outcome mindset, how OKRs are scaling managers and leaders to help scale the company, and why every day counts. Tien is the CEO and Founder of Zuora, an innovative company that predicted the modern subscription economy well before others. He is a widely recognized thought leader on SaaS and the author of the best seller Subscribed. He holds an MBA from Stanford. He was employee 11 at Salesforce, where he was CMO and Chief Strategy Officer prior to founding Zuora.

In this fun interview Marcin Kleczynski, CEO and founder of Malwarebytes, tells the fun story of growing his company from its start when he was a teenager to $30 million in revenue from a college dorm room to $200 million and 800 people today. Marcin shares why OKRs are foundational for next-level growth, how they’ve motivated and engaged the large engineering organization, and how they’ve accelerated company growth. In our conversation, Marcin expands on how his OKRs are authored for impact and what’s changed in hallway conversations over the first year.

Transparency and Transformation with OKRs w/ Mark Organ Mark Organ is a visionary who founded both Eloqua and Influitive and is the author of the best-selling book The Messenger is the Message. In this episode, Mark talks very candidly about the challenges Influitive faced in 2017 that led him to adopt OKRs and the WorkBoard platform – they’d hit a growth wall and the great people in the org didn’t have great clarity on how best to contribute. Their OKR program was transformational within its first quarter. Mark gives us a candid view on what that’s meant to the company, culture and to him personally.

Sameera Moinpour, head OKR coach at WorkBoard, shares insights on authoring company OKRs to motivate great results. Topics discussed include effectively communicating objectives, using language that energizes and engages teams, understanding team contributions, aligning objectives, and measuring and focusing on results.

Discover how Objectives and Key Results can supercharge your organization's growth. The discussion dives into practical strategies and insights from seasoned business leaders. Expect engaging conversations that unveil the true potential of implementing OKRs. Learn how to cultivate a culture focused on outcomes and accelerate your success!