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The OKR Podcast

The OKR podcast is a podcast for leaders who want to unlock their full organization"s growth potential, leveraging the OKR technique and other cutting-edge strategies.While many recognize the power of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to accelerate outcomes and foster a growth and outcomes culture, there is a dearth of information on how to do them well and reap their full benefit. That’s where this podcast comes in! We’ll help you learn to align and measure results pervasively, manage fast to grow

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39:43

You Can't Waste Time

The OKR Podcast ·

2026/01/14

Imagine everyone rating internal meetings as a 10 out of 10? That's exactly what Pax8 has done using OKRs that clarify direction, the L10 meeting framework to structure and focus discussions, and WorkBoard to eliminate unnecessary meetings and follow through from the important ones. It's simplified work and freed up the Pax8 global workforce; hear Strategic Initiatives Manager Rory Thompson's playbook in this podcast.

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40:01

Modernizing Strategy Execution at Global Scale

The OKR Podcast ·

2026/01/07

In this episode, Milan Červenka, Product Line Lead of Strategic Management at MSD, shares what it takes to modernize strategy execution across a 130-year-old, 75,000-person enterprise. He offers a candid look at the real costs of fragmented OKR practices across the organization, and how the pivotal shift to a single system with WorkBoard is enabling teams to execute the strategy with confidence and consistency. Milan outlines how standardized data, transparent outcomes, and streamlined operating

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45:33

Speed Wins Races

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/12/16

In this episode, Deidre sits down with AssetMark CEO Lou Maiuri to discuss the CEO as pace setter, setting ambitious goals, and adapting strategic priorities quickly in a hyper dynamic world. Hear the role honest conversations have in accelerating results, how Lou uses WorkBoardAI himself, and how AI enables their team to reach higher.

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40:03

Strategy at the Speed of Change

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/11/17

In this episode recorded live at Accelerate 2025, AO Smith CEO Steve Shafer joins Deidre Paknad to discuss how leaders keep strategy moving when markets shift faster than traditional planning cycles. Steve shares how he connects long-range goals to quarterly OKRs and how WorkBoard supports his teams in staying aligned and focused. From adjusting priorities to using real-time execution insights, this conversation offers a practical look at keeping strategy current and actionable.

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34:10

Success Patterns & Failure Modes

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/10/28

CEO and Co-founder Deidre Paknad and Sameera Moinpour, Global VP Customer Success & Services, give a debrief from WorkBoard's Fall Executive Advisory Board session with the CEOs of AO Smith and Aprimo, Chief Product Officer of DaVita, Chief Operations Officer of 8x8 and Chief People Officer of Q2 Inc. They asked these execs for their success models, shared the failure patterns and got their advice on how to help more executives succeed at their strategy execution ambitions.

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30:16

Evolution & Revolution

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/10/14

Recorded live at WorkBoard’s Accelerate 2025 conference, this episode covers how organizations have matured their approach to OKRs, strategy execution and the connection with individual performance over the past few years and what's changing next. With startling stats on AI use today and the pace of change, WorkBoard CEO and co-founder Deidre Paknad paints a vivid picture of how AI is radically improving strategy execution and how you can take full advantage of it.

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46:27

CEO Point of View: Strategy Execution

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/08/27

Sam Wilson, CEO of 8x8, discusses strategy execution and why WorkBoard is essential to his success. He shares how they thread long range strategy to current quarter strategic priorities and OKRs, to the operational meetings and 1on1s that move people and decisions forward. For Sam, WorkBoard is to strategy+execution what Salesforce is to sales, Workday is to HR, and NetSuite is to finance – the essential system and foundation for driving transformational strategy achievement.

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27:39

WorkBoard on WorkBoard: Our Operating Rhythm for...

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/08/11

Deidre Paknad, CEO of WorkBoard, shares how the company runs its business using its own platform. She outlines the full operating rhythm—from long-range strategy and quarterly OKRs to weekly scorecards, leadership ‘deep thinks’, and cross-functional reviews. Hear how AI helps the team move faster, stay aligned, and focus on what matters most.

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48:20

Purpose & Simplicity

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/04/25

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

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44:55

Real X-Functional Alignment

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/04/03

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

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42:04

Extreme Clarity

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/02/28

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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34:56

Why Before How.

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/01/23

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

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56:14

Elevating Performance & People Managers

The OKR Podcast ·

2025/01/08

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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44:38

Operational Excellence for CEOs

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/10/10

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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38:51

CEO Conversation on AI Opportunities & Friction

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/09/24

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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36:05

Aiming High with OKRs at Boeing

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/06/24

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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24:37

The Power of Cadence

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/03/06

Deidre shares her own operating rhythm including defining strategic ambitions, orchestrating execution, setting the pace, and managing the awkward pauses that drive great performance. Setting OKRs is the easy part, driving the execution drumbeat is the real work and the real win!

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38:17

Performance vs. Performative Culture

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/02/21

As the VP of Execution and Transformation in the Office of the CEO at VMWare, Joel Neeb led the operating model transformation with stellar results. In this episode, Joel and Deidre talk about better alignment between CEOs and CHROs and the power of managers in the middle to unlock strategy achievement.

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27:43

Manager Effectiveness: Are Your Managers Equipped to...

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/01/24

Your CEO wants a performance culture, but are your managers prepared to be effective in a super dynamic world? In this episode, WorkBoard CEO Deidre Paknad shares what’s changed and the signs that your managers may not be prepared to succeed.

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45:06

Change as Usual with Jonathan Smart

The OKR Podcast ·

2024/01/10

Sooner Safer Happier author Jonathan Smart joins Deidre to talk new ways of working, minimizing time to learning, and maximizing time to value. Don't miss this excellent discussion on value streams and OKRs and why this pivot is important now. (Learn more in Jonathan's book, Sooner Safer Happier: Antipatterns and Patterns for Business Agility.)

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