Breathing life into strategy with OKRs 

In a recent blog post Roger Martin, co-author of the best-selling book Playing to Win, cautioned about Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) being used as an “implicit substitute for strategy” and that they are better seen as a “complement to strategy”. At Agile...

Cultivating Agile Leaders with Bill Joiner

“The way we’ve been leading is not going to serve us in today’s environment much less in tomorrow’s environment.”  In today’s complex environment the pace of change is accelerating AND we are more interconnected than ever. This is spurring an evolution in...
The Biggest Obstacles to OKR Implementation

The Biggest Obstacles to OKR Implementation

A client recently asked me for a list of “what could go wrong” as his company begins OKR implementation. Here’s what I shared with him: Confusing Outputs with Outcomes This is the #1 toughest lesson to learn, and easier said than done.  An “output” is the completion...