Giant Talk: The World‘s First OKR Podcast

S6: E17 Cultural differences in the Asia Pacific market in the adoption of OKRs

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Vidya Santhanam. Vidya is CEO & Co-Founder of Fitbots, an OKR platform and coaching. Having spent many years in leadership and performance roles, Vidya realised that industry practices which are of great significance to business outcomes are not creating the much needed impact and created Fitbots with Co-Founder Kashi. In this episode Vidya discusses the adoption of OKRs in the Asia Pacific region and cultural differences in the area.
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Download the Fitbots 2021 Survey Report - https://fitbots.com/okr-ebooks/2021-okr-survey-report 

S6: E16 The benefits of using OKRs as a network

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Chris Butler. Chris is an experienced product manager and Head of Product Operations at Cognizant. Today we discuss the downsides to using OKRs as a hierarchy, and why you should use them as networks instead.
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Read Chris’ blog all about using OKRs as networks - OKRs are networks, not hierarchies
Other OKR articles from Chris - How to write great OKR objectives
Books mentioned:
The Uncertainty Mindset: Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food by Vaughn Tan
Compress to impress [your strategy at Amazon]

S6: E15 How to use neuroscience to support effective OKR implementation

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Dr Sam Mather, an experienced leadership development specialist with a PhD in Psychological Safety, Resilience and Organisational Performance. Working across all areas of the employee lifecycle, Sam has been instrumental in designing and implementing solutions to enable employees, in particular leaders, to get the best out of others. Today we’re going to dive into a very interesting topic and that’s how to use neuroscience to support effective OKR implementation. What triggers people to feel unsafe? What can you do as a leader to make your employees feel safe? 
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Sam is the author of the RISE series of books that are based on three years of research. These support leaders, individuals and young adults to develop, build and maintain their Resilience and Innovation. You can purchase Sam’s books here.

S6: E14 How to use OKRs across product teams to drive measurable outcomes

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Tim Herbig, a product management coach with over 10 years experience in building B2C and B2B products across a broad range of industries. Tim now helps product teams around the globe to find their path to solving user problems while contributing to business goals that matter. Tim chats to Carly about how to make OKRs work for product teams, to drive your team towards clear, measurable outcomes.
 
You can find out more about Tim and his work here.
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S6: E13 OKRs as the Foundation of Modern Performance Management

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Casey Carey, Chief Marketing Officer at Kazoo. Kazoo is an employee experience platform, helping organisations create a strong, connected culture that attracts and retains the best and the brightest. Casey chats to Carly about adopting a continuous approach to performance management, and how OKRs fit into this process.
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S6: E12 Common mistakes to avoid when considering OKRs and how to get traction.

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Andy Dumbell, Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder of Notify Technology. Notify is a UK based SaaS business and its intelligent software helps cut workplace risk and keeps workers safe and healthy. Notify’s software is used in over 100 countries across a range of business sectors. Andy chats to Carly about his OKR journey, how he has implemented OKRs in his organisation, the challenges he has faced, and lessons learned.
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S6: E11 How changing environments are impacting productivity and prioritisation

For this exciting episode we're delighted to be joined by our own head giant, Roger Longden, alongside CEO of Ally, Vetri Vellore. Host Lawrence dives into the conversation about how changing environments are impacting productivity and prioritisation within the workplace How can hybrid and remote working interplay with OKRs?
Download our joint ebook with Ally - Four strategies to navigate organisational change with OKRs
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S6: E10 How using OKRs cross-functionally can benefit your organisation

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Ana Becker-Weinberg, Chief of Staff at Unbabel. Ana has worked as chief of staff and strategic advisor to businesses for over a decade, first in the professional service space and most recently in tech scale-ups. Ana works very closely with the CEO, but also sits on the leadership team at Unbabel and leads many cross-functional strategic projects including OKRs.
Ana chats to host Carly about her experience of using OKRs, going from spreadsheets to a dedicated OKR tool and the benefits of using OKRs cross-functionally, especially when working in an organisation with teams spread across geographies.
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S6: E9 Goals Equality - Is your workplace equality reflected in your goal framework?

Today, we're delighted to be joined by Matt Tucker of Koan and Jared Wiener from Prosper Portland.
Matt Tucker is CEO and Founder at Koan the OKR platform and Jared is Project Manager at Prosper Portland, a local company working to build an equitable economy in Portland. 
In this episode we talk about diversity, equity and inclusivity, a topic that is rightly being talked about and addressed by more and more organisations, but is this simply being addressed at board level or are organisations considering equality across your goal framework? 
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A baby giant is on the horizon

Your podcast host Jenny has some exciting news to share with you all; she is expecting her first baby very soon which means she will be going on maternity leave. Jenny hands over the Giant Talk reins to Carly, who joined There Be Giants last month. Carly joins us now for a quick introduction before going live with her first podcast in September.