As John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco said in the simplest of terms, “Disrupt, or be disrupted.” To avoid being disrupted, one needs to be a disruptor. Disruption is not limited to any one kind of business, and it’s what brings about change. It’s what happens when a product or service enters the market and… Read more
We live in a world that is focused on setting and achieving goals. While the world of design is creative, the business and “practical” side means that it’s not just about creating fabulous designs. It’s also about creating amazing designs that fill a business need. With the subjective nature of design, it can be challenging… Read more
For your business to succeed, you probably need to use a number of different platforms. Companies might need platforms for collaboration, productivity, task tracking, and more. Two platforms that successful companies use to help solve product issues and achieve more are Jira and Profit.co. While Jira uses epics to track product issues and client requests,… Read more
To be an effective project manager, you must have a great vision of where your project is headed, and a clear strategy for how you’re going to get there. More than that, you need to inspire your team and ensure that they have a clear understanding of your project’s goals. The basis of any project’s… Read more
The world may constantly be changing, but there is one thing that remains constant with growing businesses: you need to have a firm handle on project and task management. Thanks to Andy Grove, Intel’s former CEO, businesses have another tool to develop their objectives, called OKRs. But what are OKRs? OKR and task management may… Read more
Over the years, employee engagement trends have come and gone. The generational shifts that occur over every ten years or so ensure that each new wave of workers in the global labor force develop different needs and expectations from those before them. Employee engagement is often confused with job satisfaction. But they are not quite… Read more
“Measuring busy-ness is far easier than measuring business.” This quote, by noted entrepreneur and best-selling author, Seth Godin, underscores the importance of establishing the right SaaS OKRs to evaluate the success of your marketing efforts. OKRs, or, Objectives and Key Results, are tangible goals and measurements which can be used to focus your marketing strategies…. Read more
If you’re a product manager, congratulations! You fulfil one of the most valuable but often misunderstood roles at your company. As one of the pilots in the cockpit steering your company towards success, you get to define what success looks like. You’re lucky because your team’s objectives and your organization’s objectives or company OKRs are… Read more
A project manager has always been an integral part of most businesses that grow big enough to need a management system. Tasked with the oversight and execution of key strategies, it’s no longer enough for even the best project managers to rely on experience, delegation, and spreadsheet tracking. Tend to the people, and they will… Read more
TL;DR How do you implement a strategy with OKRs? To implement strategy with OKRs, define 3–5 strategic objectives, set measurable key results for each, assign initiatives with clear owners, track progress weekly, and continuously review and realign. This ensures focus, alignment, and feedback across all levels. Are you looking to implement a new strategy, but… Read more
Do you ever feel like you’re making decisions in a vacuum? Like everyone around you is just going about their day without any regard to what’s happening with the company as a whole? This can be frustrating, especially if it’s holding up your ability to hit key performance indicators. Fortunately, there is an easy way… Read more
Human Resources works tirelessly to find ways to provide an effective team for its company. While there are countless strategies to help achieve this, our focus today is on the OKR framework. What are OKRs? Objectives and key results is an efficient system of strategy and goal management. This simple framework helps maintain transparency and… Read more