Start with Why – Sinek’s Golden Circle

In many discussions I catch myself interjecting the question “what problem are we solving right now”. Sometimes it works wonders to get a conversation back on track. I stumbled across “Golden Circle” a while back – in fact, it was a client who uses it extensively in their organization. Simon Sinek has summed up focusing […]

Start with Why – Sinek’s Golden Circle

In many discussions I catch myself interjecting the question “what problem are we solving right now”. Sometimes it works wonders to get a conversation back on track. I stumbled across “Golden Circle” some time ago – in fact, it was a customer who uses it extensively in his organization. Simon Sinek has summed up the […]

John Doerr’s OKR Superpowers and Agile Leadership

John Doerr, in his book Measure what Matters, identifies four “superpowers” that make OKRs effective: Superpower #1: Focus and Commitment on Priorities Effective organizations focus their work on the important things and they have a clear idea of what they do and what they don’t do. OKRs encourage making tough decisions early and allow for […]

John Doerr’s OKR Superpowers and Agile Leadership

John Doerr, in his book Measure what Matters, identifies four “superpowers” that make OKRs effective: Superpower #1: Focus and Commitment on Priorities Effective organizations focus their work on the important things and they have a clear idea of what they do and what they don’t do. OKRs encourage making tough decisions early and enable clear […]

Focus@Scale with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

I recently explained the idea of Agile Leadership: the cycle of Focus – Enable – Align – Empower. It’s time to introduce some tools for this. Our tool of choice is OKRs. OKRs – short for Objectives and Key Results – is a goal-setting methodology for organizations that fits agile practices perfectly and provides effective […]

Focus@Scale with Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)

I recently explained the idea of Agile Leadership: the cycle of Focus – Enable – Align – Empower. It’s time to introduce some tools for this purpose. Our tool of choice are OKRs. OKRs – short for Objectives and Key Results – is a goal-setting methodology for organizations that fits agile practices perfectly and provides […]

Focus – Align – Enable – Empower

An earlier version of this blog was titled “Focus- Enable – Align – Empower”. I have come to think that alignment belongs before enabling: it makes skill acquisition an active activity and avoids the misconception that it is just training. Self-organized teams are at the core of agility. This is associated with the hope that […]