News Digest
October
2026
2026
What shipped, what happened, and what we published — all in one place.
OCT
Release highlights
2 releases in October
October 7
Release notes ↗
Strategy · OKR Management
Unified approval card for OKR hierarchies
Approvers can sign off an objective and everything under it in one action, or send it back with comments.
Projects · Governance
Leadership requests in project governance and the Cockpit
Teams send decision, funding, and resource asks to a named executive, who answers every request from one Cockpit widget.
Performance · Reviews
Department-owned OKRs in performance reviews
Department heads and teams can now be reviewed on the shared OKRs they own, not just the ones carrying their name.
October 21
Release notes ↗
Strategy · OKR Management
OKR deep dive view in OKR Progress Presentation
Export a ready-made executive review deck straight from live OKR data instead of rebuilding slides every cycle.
Projects · Portfolios and Tasks
Assign groups as owners in projects and tasks
One group can now own the objective, the project, and its tasks, with a full impact preview before any change.
Performance · Reviews
Mandatory comments when reviewer ratings differ
Reviewers explain a rating only when it differs from another reviewer’s, so every gap comes with a reason.
Blog posts
12 published in October
KPIs
Strategy Execution KPIs: The Five Levels, and Why a Metric That Works at One Misleads at Another
OKR strategy
How to Fix Low OKR Adoption: What Took One Customer From 32% to 63%
BSC / Strategy
Strategy Map vs Balanced Scorecard: What Each One Does and Why You Need Both
Industry execution
Strategy Execution Software for Healthcare: Five Structural Differences That Break Generic Platforms
Industry execution
Strategy Execution Software for Banking: Executing Inside the Risk Envelope
Industry execution
Strategy Execution Software for Government: Four Gaps That Do Not Exist in the Private Sector
BSC / Strategy
Balanced Scorecard for Finance: How CFOs and Finance Teams Connect Capital to Strategy
PPM
IT Portfolio Management: How CIOs Align Tech Investments With Strategy
PPM
Resource Capacity Planning: How to Match Demand to Capacity
PPM
PPM Change Management: How to Drive User Adoption
Performance management
How to Use Performance Reviews for Promotion Decisions
Performance management
Performance Management for HR: The Complete Operating Guide
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