
Giant Talk: The World‘s First OKR Podcast
Giant Talk: The World‘s First OKR Podcast is now in its sixth season. This podcast dives into the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) methodology, focusing on the successes and challenges facing growing businesses and how OKRs can be the catalyst for agile growth.
Latest episodes

Jan 23, 2023 • 48min
S9: E2 A deep dive into the outcome-driven mindset and what it means to be an outcome-focused organisation.
Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. In the second episode of series 9 we are joined by Kyle Byrd, partner at Adventure Fund and former Product Manager at Atlassian. Kyle is a big advocate of OKRs and shares his experience of using them with Roger.
Enjoy the episode!
Links
Join the Blueprint Community - decisions.community

Jan 9, 2023 • 29min
S9: E1 An approach to using OKRs with agile working.
Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. Kicking off this new season, and back with Roger Longden as host, we welcome Ahmed Elnahas, IT Manager at NN Group. Ahmed has been working with OKRs for some time and has an interesting take on how he uses them and how OKRs can work with agile.
Enjoy the episode!
Links
Join our OKR Professionals Slack community here - http://bit.ly/3FBQ7Ug

Nov 7, 2022 • 27min
S8: E5 Creating a sense of purpose in the workplace.
Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. In this episode, we are joined by Chris Abbass, CEO and Founder of Talentful - a global talent recruitment company for tech companies.
In this episode, we talk about the importance of a sense of purpose in the workplace.
Enjoy the episode!

Oct 24, 2022 • 25min
S8: E4 Creativity and strategy vs analysis and planning.
Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. In this episode we are joined by Mike Goitein, an Enterprise OKR, Agile, and Product coach at KeyBank, a top-20 US bank. Mike, who has a background in IT consulting, now supports KeyBank’s ongoing Agile transformation.
In this episode we talk about creativity and strategy vs analysis and planning.
Enjoy the episode!
Links
Josh Seiden book “Outcomes Over Outputs”
Josh Seiden & Jeff Gothelf’s book “Lean UX”
Simon Sinek YouTube video – “Noah”
The Core Business Mindset That’s Killing Your OKRs

Sep 26, 2022 • 20min
S8: E3 The power of leadership, and leading an organisation through its transformation phase.
Welcome back to Giant Talk. In this episode we talk to Glo Gordon, CEO of MATRIXX Software, a global leader in 5G monetization solutions for the telecom industry.
Glo talks to us about the power of leadership, and leading an organisation through its transformation phase, even during a difficult time during the pandemic.
Enjoy the episode!

Sep 12, 2022 • 27min
S8: E2 How to get the best possible chance of success when delivering OKRs into your organisation.
Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. Today I am delighted to be joined by Tim Calderhead, a consultant here at There Be Giants. Tim has a background in leading transformational change and he is also a star in our YouTube video series - check our channel out if you’re yet to do so!
Today we are going to talk about how you can get the best possible chance of success when delivering OKRs into your organisation.
Enjoy the episode!

Aug 30, 2022 • 35min
S8: E1 Are misaligned OKRs a bad thing?
In this episode of Giant Talk we're joined by Sten Pittet, Co-founder and CEO at Tability, an OKR software that helps you move away from spreadsheets for focus and accountability.
Today we are going to talk about misalignment and why this might not be a bad thing.
Enjoy the episode!

Aug 15, 2022 • 24min
S7: E16 An OKR journey with learnings along the way…
In this episode of Giant Talk we chat to Rico Surridge, Chief Product & Technology Officer at Which? The UK’s consumer champion, raising awareness of consumer rights and offering independent advice.
Today we are going to talk about Rico’s OKR journey and his key learnings along the way.
Enjoy the episode!

Aug 2, 2022 • 29min
S7: E15 The benefits of strategic alignment and getting everyone ‘on the same bus’
In this episode of Giant Talk we’re delighted to be joined by Keith Nichol, Planning Director and Co-founder at Flourish Direct Marketing, a specialist CRM agency. Having been a business owner for over 18 years, Keith has a wealth of knowledge around strategic planning which we’ll dig into today.
Enjoy the episode!

Jul 18, 2022 • 24min
S7: E14 How can becoming an OKR Coach benefit not only your organisation, but you as an individual?
In this episode of Giant Talk we’re delighted to be joined by Margaux Joly, Change Manager at And Digital. Margaux joins us to talk about the benefits of OKR coach training and how this can impact not only your organisation or the organisation you work in, but you as an individual.
Enjoy the episode!