Episodes

  • Purpose & Simplicity

    Purpose & Simplicity
    Apr 25 2025
    Harry Blease from British telecom giant Virgin Media O2 started with the “why” of OKRs as the foundation for his implementation. He anchored on what leaders hoped to accomplish with OKRs – alignment, accountability, transparency – and then focused on making it very simple for teams to engage and reap the benefits. This powerful combination of purpose and simplicity led to fast wins including transparency on what teams are trying to achieve in the quarter and more honest conversations about challenges.

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    48 mins
  • Real X-Functional Alignment

    Real X-Functional Alignment
    Apr 3 2025
    Jaclyn Pedersen, Director of OKR Strategy and Alignment at GHX, lays out how she's improving alignment and execution in 2025, from strategy execution workshops with cross-functional VPs, to really intentional retrospectives focused on learning and actually making changes, to making accountability easier for everyone. She shares her secrets to getting everyone to embrace her OKR practices and being of real value to the CEO. Don't miss this episode - it's overflowing with ways to raise your impact this year!
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    45 mins
  • Extreme Clarity

    Extreme Clarity
    Feb 28 2025
    Bharath Oruganti, EVP at Q2 Inc, has a real drive for leadership excellence. Changing his management model and cadence, he's eliminated any confusion about the strategic priorities, simplified work for his team, and ensures he spots risks to those priorities in less than a week to maximize his outcomes. Hear his leadership epiphany and the high functioning operating rhythm that is propelling his organization's success.
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    42 mins
  • Why Before How.

    Why Before How.
    Jan 23 2025
    Deidre shares her thoughts on OKRs to kick off 2025 and get dialed in on the victories and advantages we want to create at our companies this year. They're powerful drivers of peak enterprise performance, but can be a double edged sword if you're over-zealous. She hits all the “versus” topics – strategic change vs BAU, KRs vs KPIs, outcomes vs outputs – suggesting we replace “versus” with “and” to stay true to first principles and continuous improvement rather than grasping for rigid second principles or false perfection over real progress.
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    35 mins
  • Elevating Performance & People Managers

    Elevating Performance & People Managers
    Jan 8 2025
    Guest Alexis Kearns, Chief People Officer at GHX, shares her approach to OKRs and performance management, the hard conversations, team OKRs and effective managers, and the CEO-CHRO partnership. She starts with first principles to authentically elevate performance, with healthy respect for the worthy but difficult work of managing people and teams.
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    56 mins
  • Operational Excellence for CEOs

    Operational Excellence for CEOs
    Oct 10 2024
    This episode features a fireside chat with Aprimo CEO Erik Huddleston about the importance of a structured operating model for driving strategic execution, recorded live on stage at the 2024 Accelerate Conference. Read Deidre's companion blog article on driving peak performance with operating rhythm and rigor.
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    45 mins
  • CEO Conversation on AI Opportunities & Friction

    CEO Conversation on AI Opportunities & Friction
    Sep 24 2024
    In this episode, Deidre Paknad sits down with Tina Murphy, CEO of GHX, to discuss the potential of genAI as a transformative force to accelerate GHX's mission of providing affordable quality healthcare. They discuss the challenges and opportunities of adopting AI, addressing employee fears, and fostering AI fluency within the organization, as well as the broader implications of AI in driving organizational efficiency and innovation.
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    39 mins
  • Aiming High with OKRs at Boeing

    Aiming High with OKRs at Boeing
    Jun 24 2024
    Tiffany Christner, Chief of Staff - Cloud Platform and Engineering at Boeing discusses how WorkBoard, the OKR framework, and consistent operating rituals create a safe space for her organization to collaborate on driving aspirational outcomes.
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    36 mins
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