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How to OKR: Why objective should be qualitative?

I’ve just had a conversation with a fellow agile enthusiast and a question popped up. Namely, is “Increase new sales by 50%” a good objective? The theory or best practices…

By Ivan Osmak

December 22, 2017

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If you are not changing things, AI is likely to take over your job

As I am writing this post in Berlin, at the SAP.io by Techstars AI focused accelerator, there are dozens of people around me working very diligently to make you unemployed.…

By Ivan Osmak

September 25, 2017

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Ask these 3 questions to succeed with OKRs.

Bottom Line: To be successful with OKRs, ask three questions:  What do we want to achieve? How are we going to measure success? What are we going to do to…

By Bo Pedersen

August 24, 2017

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OKRs – everything you need to know

OKRs stand for Objectives and Key Results. It's a goal management methodology, especially well suited for ambitious, high-growth companies.

By Ivan Osmak

July 28, 2017

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OKRs in a pre-product market fit startup

“Increase revenue.” That is by far the most popular Objective on our trial accounts. And, can you blame people. It is raison d’être for having a business. Yes, yes… make the world…

By Ivan Osmak

June 29, 2017

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Single most important factor of successful OKRs adoption

I’d love to tell you that getting the right OKRs software, such as Gtmhub, is the most important thing to ensure successful adoption of OKRs – alas it is not…

By Ivan Osmak

June 27, 2017

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Playbook for adopting OKRs in a startup

OKRs are all the rage among the startups these days. There is a lot of resources on what OKRs are and how to use them. While OKRs, as a concept,…

By Ivan Osmak

June 26, 2017

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Facebook just changed its mission statement. Do you even have one?

Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that, after ten years, Facebook is changing its mission statement. The old mission statement “Make the world more open and connected.” has been changed to…

By Ivan Osmak

June 23, 2017

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List of OKR tools

OKRs are getting more popular by the day. We can see this both in the number of companies that contact us to help them adopt OKRs, as well as in…

By Ivan Osmak

June 22, 2017

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What is an OKR champion?

When a team or company adopts OKRs, establishing a role of OKR champion is one of the most important things that needs to happen. In short, the role of this person is…

By Ivan Osmak

June 14, 2017

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Anatomy of an OKR: How to set your OKRs

We start with the goals that we want to achieve. From these goals, we derive the objectives that when accomplished will have desired impact on our goals. We then define key…

By Ivan Osmak

January 9, 2017

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When is it a good time to implement OKRs?

  “As soon as possible”, said Rick Klau, a partner at Google Ventures, in response to a question about when a management team should adopt OKRs. I mean, do you…

By Oana Calugar

December 16, 2016

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How we use OKRs at Gtmhub

At Gtmhub, we are big believers in OKRs. Shocking, I know. In this post, I am going to write about our experiences in implementing OKRs, what went well and where…

By Ivan Osmak

November 15, 2016

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Socrates on OKRs

Should your company adopt Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)? Is a purpose-led workforce with the latitude for real decision-making really important? Or do you suspect it’s an attractive sounding path to…

By Gtmhub Contributor

September 12, 2016

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Find happiness through OKRs

Bottom Line: OKRs – a route to mastery, autonomy and purpose, and happy and motivated employees. Daniel Pink’s 2009 book, Drive, turned our understanding of what motivates people upside down.…

By Bo Pedersen

August 16, 2016

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Start with the vision

Bottom line In order to stand a greater chance of success, take a fresh look at your vision and mission before embarking on an implementation of OKRs. Only then focus…

By Bo Pedersen

July 14, 2016

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Managing OKRs with Gtmhub

In this post we are going to explore how business can frictionlessly implement OKRs across the organization. As always, any new process or way of doing things, is bound to…

By Ivan Osmak

June 3, 2016

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Humans: The weak link of OKRs

Objectives and Key Metrics, or short OKRs, are a popular method for laying out a vision, defining strategy and tracking the progress of a business. Originally, this technique was invented…

By Ivan Osmak

May 25, 2016

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Gtmhub? It’s like a Fitbit for your business.

Apparently, most of us are ready to wear a plastic armband that needs to be charged every few days, so that we can be 100% sure we made 10,000 steps…

By Ivan Osmak

May 18, 2016