Delegating decision making so it's safe to be risky | Godehard Gerling, Managing Partner at go3consulting

Sold: the journey from mediocrity to excellence | Dennis Gräf, Business Strategy Manager at Kolibri Games: Dennis Gräf is a Business Strategy Manager at Kolibri Games. Ubisoft acquired his company in January 2020. Kolibri is one of the leaders of the “idle” games genre. One of their most popular games, Idle Miner Tycoon, has been downloaded by more than 104 mi by Dreams with Deadlines

36 min listen

Process can drive outcomes | Andrew Wallace, Managing Director and CPO of SmileBack: Our guest for Episode 2 is Andrew Wallace. He’s the Managing Director and CPO of SmileBack. Previously, he was the Director of Product Management at Chefs Plate. Chefs Plate was acquired by the German meal kit company, HelloFresh, in 2018. In this episode by Dreams with Deadlines

46 min listen

The use of storytelling and OKRs to express the case for change | Ash Seddeek, Chief Excitement Officer at the Executive Greatness Institute: On this episode of Dreams with Deadlines, Jenny Herald interviews Ash Seddeek, Chief Excitement Officer at the Executive Greatness Institute. Ash coaches senior leaders at large companies on storytelling, executive presence, strategic communication, the i by Dreams with Deadlines

44 min listen

Build teams of changemakers | Prar Johnson, Head Of Design (Experience Platform) at Atlassian: Prar Johnson’s a changemaker who has over 19 years of experience—spent some time shaping products at Nokia, T-Mobile, Skype Microsoft, Soundcloud, Shopify, and now Atlassian. On this episode, you’ll hear her explanation for why product strategy is hard, t by Dreams with Deadlines

40 min listen

Aligning vectors, cage fighting and PM benching | Srikant Vemuri, Manager of Product and Technology at Frontier Car Group as the CEO of Technology: Srikant Vemuri has held leadership roles in overseeing the design and launch of breakthrough products in the B2B, Adtech, and Big Data spaces for industry innovators such as Seerene, Womply, Aarki, and Adchemy. Currently, he's managing product and technol by Dreams with Deadlines

44 min listen

TACOS and OKRs: Values and Frameworks | Scott Shapiro, Principal Product Marketing Manager for B2B & Account Management Customer Experience at Qualtrics: In this episode, we hear from Scott Shapiro, Principal Product Marketing Manager for B2B/Account Management Customer Experience at Qualtrics. We get an inside look at how it felt when Qualtrics was pre-IPO and everyone thought it was going to happen—but g by Dreams with Deadlines

60 min listen

A culture of ownership | Gene Hammett, Managing Director, Co-Founder & Executive Coach at Core Elevation: Gene Hammett is a leading expert on high-growth company culture and leadership. He has interviewed more than 530 CEOs of high-growth companies to understand the core principles of fast growth. In this episode, we examine what leaders of fast-growth compan by Dreams with Deadlines

41 min listen

Building strategic agility | Dan Montgomery, author of Start Less, Finish More: Building Strategic Agility with Objectives and Key Results, founder and Managing Director of Agile Strategies, and OKR Thought Leader: On this episode of Dreams with Deadlines, Jenny Herald interviews Dan Montgomery, author of Start less, Finish More: Building Strategic Agility with Objectives and Key Results, founder and Managing Director of Agile Strategies, and OKR Thought Leader. He by Dreams with Deadlines

40 min listen

OKR+As: Objectives, Key Results and Actions | Carsten Ley, Co-Founder of Asia PMO: Carsten Ley is the co-founder of Asia PMO – a leading digital transformation & agile consulting company, specializing in implementing OKRs and other revolutionary project management techniques in Southeast Asia. In this first episode of a 12-part seri by Dreams with Deadlines

36 min listen

The continuous improvement mindset | Rob Bayley, Senior Product Manager at Auvik Networks Inc: Joining me today is Rob Bayley. Rob is currently a Senior Product Manager at Auvik Networks Inc. Previously, he was a Director of Product at Roadmunk and a Senior Product Manager at NetSuite. He's got a decade of Product Management experience under his be by Dreams with Deadlines

45 min listen

Jobs to be Done, Part 1 | Alan Klement, Author of When Coffee and Kale Compete: Alan Klement is known for developing the theories of Jobs to be Done and Market Modernization and inventing new methodologies and methods for engineering growth. His latest venture is Revealed — a market research and growth guidance firm that helps organi by Dreams with Deadlines

45 min listen

Lessons from implementing OKRs at Free Now | Flavia Neves, Director of Product Management at Spotify (former VP of Product at Free Now): In this episode, Jenny Herald interviews Flavia Neves, Director of Product Management at Spotify and former VP of Product at Free Now. Flavia shares Free Now’s OKR journey. Listening to their experience is like going through the hero’s journey. She's gath by Dreams with Deadlines

57 min listen

Diversity & Inclusion Q&A | Vessy Tasheva, Founder of Vessy.com: In this episode, Jenny Herald and Vessy Tasheva answer questions that came from participants that joined a Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Roundtable discussion. Unfortunately, we did not have an opportunity to cover all the questions during the event by Dreams with Deadlines

20 min listen

How to make OKRs work for SMBs | Russell Cummings, Management Consultant and Business Coach with Shifft Consulting: Russell Cummings is an experienced Management Consultant and Business Coach with Shifft Consulting. Russ has spent the last 35 years working with dynamic family businesses that want to grow. He is Australian-based but currently services clients across Aus by Dreams with Deadlines

51 min listen

Balancing autonomy and alignment | Rohit Gupta, Head of Product at Honeypot.io: Joining me today is Rohit Gupta. He is the Head of Product at Honeypot.io and leads the Product Management, Product Design and large parts of the Engineering teams. In this episode, we discuss ways his team is staying socially connected during the Coronav by Dreams with Deadlines

41 min listen

Always take accountability | Ryan McMinn, Head of Product & current steward of Microsoft OneNote & Sticky Notes: There are no shortcuts to learning. We learn by doing and failing. We can learn from what others do but, sometimes we need to experience things on our own. In this episode, you’ll hear from Ryan McMinn, Head of Product and current steward of Microsoft One by Dreams with Deadlines

47 min listen

Create high five situations | Blake Thomas, Director of Engineering at NoRedInk: Joining me is Blake Thomas, the Director of Engineering at NoRedInk. He’s learned a lot while working with engineers for over two decades. On this episode, you’ll hear us chat about the 2 modes of failure, why we experience issues with people updating the by Dreams with Deadlines

49 min listen

What a Chief of Staff Brings to a Startup | John Quayle, Chief of Staff at Four Growers: John Quayle is an Operations Professional for small businesses, startups, and brands that are economies of one. Three months ago, he became the Chief of Staff at Four Growers, a startup that’s revolutionizing farming with robots that can pick ripe fruit i by Dreams with Deadlines

46 min listen

Delegating decision making so it's safe to be risky | Godehard Gerling, Managing Partner at go3consulting: On this episode of Dreams with Deadlines, Jenny Herald interviews Godehard Gerling, Managing Partner at go3consulting in Germany. Godehard shares how he persuades traditional European companies to build products with intent, adopt OKRs, and release their by Dreams with Deadlines

44 min listen

Debugging an organization | Mathias Meyer, former CEO at Travis CI & CTO at Reaction Commerce: Mathias Meyer is an engineer turned founder, a former CEO at Travis CI and CTO at Reaction Commerce. In this episode, we discuss how a simple process, architectural decision records, created the space for his team to make and document decisions; what it m by Dreams with Deadlines

52 min listen

The Agile mindset umbrella protecting us from the Waterfall rain | Kit Friend, Agile Coach & Atlassian Partnership lead for EMEA at Accenture: Kit Friend is an Agile Coach, proud geek, and Atlassian Partnership lead for EMEA at Accenture (despite his enthusiasm, these views are currently officially only his own). In this special episode of the Voices of OKRs series, we discuss where it might mak by Dreams with Deadlines

57 min listen

Jobs to be Done, Part 2 | Alan Klement, Author of When Coffee and Kale Compete: Alan Klement is known for developing the theories of Jobs to be Done and Market Modernization and inventing new methodologies and methods for engineering growth. His latest venture is Revealed — a market research and growth guidance firm that helps organi by Dreams with Deadlines

61 min listen

How to make hybrid work really work | Alexis Monville, Chief of Staff to the CTO at Red Hat, Author, and Keynote Speaker: How can we make hybrid work really work? How can we facilitate better OKR setting sessions? Do individual incentives get in the way of driving collaborative behaviour? In this episode of Dreams with Deadlines, Jenny talks with Alexis Monville. Alexis i by Dreams with Deadlines

43 min listen

What are you doing to make an impact? | Caroline Franczia, Founder of Uppercut First: After working years in corporate America, startups, and scaleups, Caroline Franczia founded Uppercut First, a consultancy for startup founders. She’s a columnist for Maddyness UK, the author of Popcorn for the New CEO, an OKR expert, and an advocate for w by Dreams with Deadlines

33 min listen

Fast-tracking an OKR program into existence in 3 weeks | Adam Bonifant, VP of Customer Success at ORock Technologies & Tim Meinhardt, CEO of Atruity: In this episode, Jenny Herald interviews Adam Bonifant, VP of Customer Success at ORock Technologies, and Tim Meinhardt, CEO of Atruity. We'll discuss the ins-and-outs of fast-tracking an OKR program into existence. ORock Technologies was able to get OKRs by Dreams with Deadlines

54 min listen

Product Strategy, Consumer Science, and Culture at Netflix | Gibson Biddle, former VP Product/CPO at Netflix/Chegg. Now speaker, teacher, & workshop host.: In this episode, Jenny Herald is joined by Gibson Biddle, former VP of Product at Netflix and CPO at Chegg. He’s now a speaker, teacher, and workshop host. They discuss many of his tools, models, and frameworks — like GLEE and SMT, how culture is not a to by Dreams with Deadlines

68 min listen

On aligning networks and strategy to drive change | Maya Townsend, Founder and Lead Consultant of Partnering Resources: Maya Townsend is the Founder and Lead Consultant of Partnering Resources, a management consulting agency that tackles big-picture organizational challenges. An expert in organizational networks, Maya breaks down the three types of influencers and which ty by Dreams with Deadlines

48 min listen

The recipe for unleashing enterprise value | Dan Weikart, Director and Enterprise Agile Coach at Cprime: In this episode, Jenny is joined by Dan Weikart, Director and Enterprise Agile Coach at Cprime. We discuss the immutable and foundational ingredients necessary for unlocking enterprise value. We’ll get practical and, at times, somewhat prescriptive. by Dreams with Deadlines

53 min listen

Creating situations where everybody can lead | Tim Whitmire, Founder of CXN Advisory: Tim Whitmire is the founder of CXN Advisory, where he coaches executives on strategy, goal setting, alignment and execution. He is the co-founder of F3 Nation and co-author, with David Redding, of Freed to Lead: F3 and the Unshackling of the Modern-day Wa by Dreams with Deadlines

63 min listen

On acknowledging uncertainty, using randomness to break out of bias, and how OKRs are networks | Chris Butler, Global Head of Product Operations at Cognizant: Chris Butler is a Chaotic Good Product Manager, the Global Head of Product Operations at Cognizant, a writer, and a speaker. He worked previously as a product leader at Microsoft, Facebook, KAYAK, and Waze. Jenny and Chris discuss a broad range of topics by Dreams with Deadlines

55 min listen

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