Giant Talk: The World‘s First OKR Podcast

S9: E7 Does the organisational ’OS’ need to evolve in order to cope with the ’new normal’?

Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. Join us for the first of a series of special episodes in conversation with long-standing organisational performance expert, Brett Knowles.
Throughout these we will be looking at some of the emerging challenges facing organisations today as we all try to adapt to the new normal of rapidly accelerating change and ever increasing volatility. 
In this first episode, we look at how the organisational "OS" needs to evolve to adapt to these new challenges.  Yes, OKRs are part of the picture, but there's more to it than that... Enjoy the episode! 

S9: E6 How important are your company values ?

Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. In this episode, we are joined by Tom Rausch, Director of Consulting at Barrett values centre. Tom chats to Roger about his work at Barrett transforming businesses, and the changing trends they’ve seen when it comes to values and culture.   
 
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S9: E5 How Talk Talk used OKRs to help bring their strategy to life

Welcome back to Giant Talk.
In this episode, Roger welcomes Ian Turner, Talent Director at Talk Talk, a telecommunications organisation providing pay television and Internet access services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom.
Ian chats to Roger about the Talk Talk OKR journey and the benefits they have seen from using them.   
 
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S9: E4 OKRs vs KPIs – dispelling some common myths

Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. In this episode host Roger Longden chats to Bernie Smith, a KPI guru! Roger and Bernie dig into the topic ‘OKR vs KPIs’, and dispel some common myths. How and when should you use OKRs & KPIs? Listen to this insightful conversation to find out. 
 
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S9: E3 How has the OKR market evolved and what does the future hold?

Welcome back to Giant Talk, the world’s first OKR podcast. After being at the forefront of the OKR space for some time, Roger Longden, Founder and Chairman of TBG joins us to share his learnings and thoughts on OKR, and the change he has seen in the OKR world. He also gives an update about his new role as Chairman of TBG.  
 
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Links
The OKR Coach Handbook by Roger Longden.
 

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.
 
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Links
Join the Blueprint Community - decisions.community
 

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. 
 
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Links
Join our OKR Professionals Slack community here - http://bit.ly/3FBQ7Ug

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.
 
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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.
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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

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. 
 
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