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And yet […]September 12, 2019Creative Founder, Creative Practices, Design, Design Thinking, InnovationFive Habits of Design ThinkingThere are three thinking styles that have transformed how we develop new products today: Agile, Lean (Startup) and […]View More ArticlesPosts navigationOlder postsRadical Focus SECOND EDITION“Christina has taken my favorite book on OKRs and deepened it by answering all the hardest questions people run into putting it to work in the real world. Thank you once again!” – Bruce McCarthy, author and founder of Product Culture Buy now! https://amzn.to/3dzuQwnThe award-winning author of The Team That Managed Itself and Pencil Me In returns with a new and expanded edition of her landmark book on OKRs. Struggling to adopt Objectives and Key Results? Radical Focus teaches you everything you need. Radical Focus has been translated into six languages and sold more than 60,000 copies. Now, the second edition of her OKR manifesto proves that Wodtke’s business strategies are essential in a world where focus seems to be a more and more unreachable goal. The updated version includes 50 well-written, clear example OKR sets to inspire and guide you, as well as 22,000 words of all-new material designed to help OKR users in the enterprise create and manage OKRs. If you want to accelerate success and drive rapid organizational learning, you need to read this book.Sign Up for My Very Infrequent Newletter#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }/* Add your own MailChimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block. We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. */The Team That Managed Itself: A Story of Leadership“In this new book, Christina has tackled what I consider the most important problem in the tech industry. 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The simplest sketches are the most effective at communication and problem solving, so you can begin drawing in less time than your average coffee break. Learn more, and purchase!With contributions from Amelie Sarrazin, Aleksandra Micek, Taylor Reese, Dan Brown, Daniel Cook, Kate Rutter, Eva-Lotta Lamm, Matthew Magain, Sunni Brown, Cristina Negrut, Daryl Meier Fahrni, Marc Bourguignon, Laura Klein, David Gray, Melissa Kim, Mike Rohde, Brian Gulassa, Andrew Reid, Rolf Faste, Raph Koster, Stone Librande, Robin Hunicke, Alicia Loring, Erin Malone, Stephen P. Anderson, Giorgia Lupi, Alex Osterwalder, Noelle Stransky, James Young, and Dan Roam.Top Posts & PagesAn OKR WorksheetOKR WorksheetThe Art of the OKR, ReduxThe Art of the OKRPersonal OKRSThe Shape of StoryImitation is Suicide. 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